| Name |
Yearick, Patricia A |
| Birth |
28 May 1929 |
Mt Eagle, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Residence |
17 Apr 1930 |
Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States [1] |
Address:
East Main Street |
| Death |
10 Sep 2013 |
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States |
Address:
Centre Crest |
| Obituary |
12 Sep 2013 |
- Patricia Yearick Hall of Howard, passed away on September 10, 2013 surrounded by her family at Centre Crest Nursing Home in Bellefonte where she had been a resident for the past 7 years. Her husband Gerald (Gerry) took care of her at home for 3 years prior to her admission. She was born on May 28, 1929 in her grandparent's home in Mt. Eagle. She was the only child of the late John King Yearick and Dorothy Glenn Yearick of Howard. She spend her youth in Howard and graduated from Howard High School in 1947.
After high school she went to live with her aunt in NYC and attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School graduating in 1949. After graduation she came back to Howard and worked at Penn State University as a secretary. She then joined the Navy and was stationed in Atlantic City, NJ and Jacksonville, Fla. She was an aviation store keeper. While stationed in Jacksonville she met her husband Gerard T. of Queens, NY, who was also in the Navy.
After being discharged from the Navy, she moved back to Howard and raised her oldest daughter till moving to Queens, NY. While living in New York she was very involved with her daughter's elementary school and her youngest daughter's nursery school.
The whole family moved back to Howard, Pa. and she went to work at Bald Eagle Area High School where she worked as a secretary to the Superintendent of Schools. She then worked at the Howard Elementary School as the Librarian next, she went to work as the dispatcher at the PA State Police Barracks in Milesburg where she worked until her she retired. After retiring she spend lots of time with both of her daughter's various homes.
She had a love of gardening, drawing, and painting, playing the piano, working on the family's genealogy, traveling, with one time going across the United States in a jeep with her youngest daughter to visit her oldest daughter in California. She also enjoyed the beach, yard sales, and Democratic functions. She also served as the secretary to the Centre County Democratic Party.
In her spare time she played the piano and organ for the singing group "The Nine Notes". She was also a Sunday school teacher and choir director at the United Church of Christ in Howard. She also spent time being a Girl Scout Leader in Bellefonte and Howard.
Patricia is survived by her husband Gerald T. of Howard, daughters Dorothy T. and her husband Lloyd A. Walker of Milesburg, and Gwendolyn H. and husband Don Holderman of Bellefonte, and only grandchild and the pride of her life, Emma Holderman from Bellefonte.
There will be a service at the Kader-Neff Funeral Home, 135 W. Main Street, Howard on September 10, 2013 at noon with a celebration of life get together at her daughter's Dorothy's house in Milesburg after the service.
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| Reference Number |
8373 |
| _UID |
8667A75AF4314BBBAAA0FE7CA9008B344527 |
| Oldest Known Ancestors |
Paternal Line: John George Yearick, b. 12 Apr 1788, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 11 Jan 1864, Madisonburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States Maternal Line: Rebecca Ann Parker, b. 29 Dec 1876, Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 4 Mar 1963, Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Person ID |
I8372 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
9 Aug 2024 |
| Father |
Yearick, John Kling, b. 20 Nov 1909, Marion Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States d. Dec 1987, Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 78 years) |
| Mother |
Glenn, Dorothy Jane, b. 17 May 1911, Boggs Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 17 Aug 1962, Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1928 [1] |
| Family ID |
F2723 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Our Family History
1929 - 2013 (84 years)
