Name |
Yearick, George Willard |
Suffix |
Jr |
Birth |
11 Apr 1935 |
Marion Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States |
Gender |
Male |
Cemetery |
Jacksonville Cemetery, Jacksonville, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States |
Jacksonville Cemetery |
Address: Jacksonville Cemetery |
Death |
1 Apr 2024 |
Troy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States |
Address: Bradford Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center |
Obituary |
24 Apr 2024 |
State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States |
Centre Daily Times |
- Troy, Pennsylvania - George Willard Yearick, Jr., 88, of Troy, PA, passed into eternity on April 1, 2024, at the Bradford Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Burlington, PA. He was born on April 11, 1935, in Marion Township, Centre County, PA. He was a son of the late George Willard and Ruby Frazier Yearick. George was a graduate of Mansfield University and after graduation was hired as the Director of Bands at Troy High School. He later became the principal at Troy High School. In his retirement years, George served as the principal of St. Agnes elementary school in Towanda, PA. George was active in the Lions Club as a past District Governor, was the Choir Director at the First Presbyterian Church for many years, and was a member of the Faculty Lodge on Armenia Mountain and the Penn State Nittany Lion Club. He also directed a musical combo that played various venues around the local area and helped form a Lions Club state band. He was preceded in death by his wife Patricia Graffius Yearick who passed away on August 7, 2019; a brother, Homer Yearick (Morehead City, NC), and sisters June Walizer (Howard, PA), and Ethel Fisher (Murphy, NC). He is survived by a son; Vince Yearick, of Lovettsville, VA; and four grandchildren, Hannah, Rachel, Micah, and Stephan Yearick. Burial was in Jacksonville, Cemetery, Marion Township, PA. A memorial service will be held August 2nd at the Presbyterian Church in Troy.
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_UID |
226D00DDE2F4407FB3AADF659B9387C92034 |
Burial |
Jacksonville, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States |
Address: Jacksonville Cemetery |
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: Ruby Arlena Frazier, b. 8 Jul 1894, Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States d. 12 Jul 1961, Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States  |
Person ID |
I8782 |
Family Tree |
Last Modified |
25 Apr 2024 |
Father |
Yearick, George Willard, b. 2 Jan 1891, Jacksonville, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 17 Jul 1971, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 80 years) |
Mother |
Frazier, Ruby Arlena, b. 8 Jul 1894, Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States d. 12 Jul 1961, Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 67 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1916 |
Family ID |
F3486 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |