Chester Rolla "Rollie" Yeazel
1893 - 1979 (85 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
1. Chester Rolla "Rollie" Yeazel was born on 11 Sep 1893 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 21 Jun 1979 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1920, Sidell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1930, Sidell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1940, Sidell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
Notes:
1920 US census. Household members: C.R. Yeazel, age 26, farmer. Sophia age 27, and Harold age 1. Farm is rented.
1930 US census. Household members: Chester R. Yeazel age 36, farmer, Sophia C. age 37, Harold R. age 12, and Howard B. age 9. Farm is rented.
1940 US census. Household members: C. R. Yeazel age 46, farmer, Sophia age 47, Harold age 22, farmer, and Howard age 19, student,. Farm is rented.
note on Find a Grave:
Chester "Rollie" Yeazel was born to Adam and Sarah Yeazel in Homer. In 1915, he married Sophia Cordella Hedges in Fairmount, and they had two sons: Howard and Harold Yeazel. Rollie and Sophia lived in the Center Point area for 27 years, starting in 1918 and were members of the Center Point Church where he served as a deacon and Sunday School superintendent. They moved to Fairmount on March 6, 1945 and he entered public office in 1949, serving as Fairmount Mayor until 1968, including a short time in the early 1960s when he initially didn't seek re-election, but was asked to return after the winning candidate stepped down shortly after election. Improvements under Rollie Yeazel to the town of Fairmount included the installation of the water system and water treatment plant in 1951 at a cost of $135,000 that was raised through municipal and revenue bonds, new signals and gates for the railroad crossing and natural gas that was pumped in from the Sidell area. After he stepped out of public office, he took up the hobby of caning furniture.
Contributor: LISA DAVIS (50366112)
member of Center Point Church
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75774585/chester-r_-yeazel
Block 16, Lot 34, Space 3Chester married Sophia Cordella Hedges on 24 Oct 1915 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois. Sophia (daughter of George Fielden Hedges and Cora Belle Gritton) was born on 10 Nov 1892 in Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 19 Sep 1974 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Harold Ralph Yeazel
was born on 6 Mar 1918 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 Nov 1988 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried on 18 Nov 1988 in GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois. - 3. Howard B. Yeazel was born on 21 Nov 1920 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 29 Aug 2011 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Generation: 2
2. 
Harold Ralph Yeazel (1.Chester1) was born on 6 Mar 1918 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 Nov 1988 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried on 18 Nov 1988 in GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: chiropractor
Notes:
Fairmount – Harold R. Yeazel, 70, of Marion, Ind., formerly of Fairmount, died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 15, 1988) at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Carrington Funeral Home, Fairmount, the Rev. Ed Brown officiating. Burial will be in the GAR Cemetery, Homer. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. EST Saturday at the Social Brethren Church, Marion, Ind. Visitation will be from 6 to 8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
Mr. Yeazel was born March 6, 1918, near Fairmount, a son of Rollie and Sophia Hedges Yeazel. He married Verniece Sylvester in 1940. He later married Mildred Stewart. Survivors include two sons, H. Gene Yeazel of Sidney and Robert A. Yeazel of St. Joseph; six grandchildren; a brother, Howard Yeazel of Catlin; a niece; and a nephew. Mr. Yeazel farmed in the Fairmount area until 1954. He then operated a construction and drainage business. For the past 25 years he was a chiropractor at Marion, Ind. He was a member of the Social Brethren Church at Marion, Ind., the Moose Lodge and the Fraternal Order of Police Benevolent Association. Memorial contributions may be made to the GAR Cemetery Association or the Social Brethren Church of Marion Ind. (transcribed by Homer Historical Society)
member of Center Point Church
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105457778/harold-r-yeazel
Block 16, Lot 34, Space 1Harold married Verniece Sylvester on 20 Aug 1940 in Kankakee County, Illinois, and was divorced before 1963. Verniece was born on 28 Nov 1918 in Illinois; died on 7 Jan 2015; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Sidney, Champaign County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Harold Gene Yeazel was born on 15 Apr 1943 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Feb 2017 in Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Sidney, Champaign County, Illinois.
Family/Spouse: Mildred Faye Steward. Mildred was born on 8 Nov 1923 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; died on 8 Dec 2011 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried in Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. 
Howard B. Yeazel (1.Chester1) was born on 21 Nov 1920 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 29 Aug 2011 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. Notes:
Howard B. Yeazel, 90, of Catlin passed away at 7:30 a.m. Monday (Aug. 29, 2011) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He was born Nov. 21, 1920 in Fairmount to Chester Rollie and Sophia Hedges Yeazel. He married Betty Keller Nov. 15, 1942. She passed away March 9, 1999. He was also preceded in death by one brother and one grandchild.
He is survived by one son, Kenneth L. (Sandy) Yeazel; one daughter, Donna L. (Ronald) Merriott; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
member of Center Point Church
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75774342/howard-b_-yeazelFamily/Spouse: Betty L. Keller. Betty (daughter of Dallas Keller and Lola Witsman) was born on 7 May 1922 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 9 Mar 1999 in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Donna Lea Yeazel was born on 1 Jan 1944 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 11 Sep 2018 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana.
- 5. Donna Lea Yeazel
Generation: 3
4. Harold Gene Yeazel (2.Harold2, 1.Chester1) was born on 15 Apr 1943 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Feb 2017 in Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Sidney, Champaign County, Illinois. Notes:
H. Gene Yeazel, 73, of Carmel, Indiana, formerly of Sidney, passed away at 10:57 a.m. EST Tuesday (Feb. 28, 2017) at home.
Mr. Yeazel was born April 15, 1943 in Danville, a son to Harold and Verniece Sylvester Yeazel. He married Susan Collins on July 31, 1971 at Clarksville, Indiana. They were married for 45 years; she survives.
Also surviving are three sons, Adam Yeazel, Hans (JP) Yeazel and Lucas (Damari) Yeazel; four grandchildren; a brother, Bob (Diane) Yeazel; two stepbrothers, Kent (Linda) Krukewitt and Lynn (Kathy) Krukewitt and a stepsister, Jo (Case) Mazic.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Gene served in the U.S. Army Reserves for six years. He was an insurance producer for 31 years for Country Companies in the Homer/Sidney area. After retiring from insurance, he worked in real estate for six years. He was a member of Sidney Lion's Club and was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Free Mason.
He loved taking long drives and traveling with his wife and children; he especially enjoyed San Belle Island in Florida. As a young man, he was a great trumpet player; he played taps at many Memorial Day celebrations and local military rites and also played in dance bands. He played football for Jamaica during the team's undefeated season in 1959.
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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176889745/h_-gene-yeazel5. Donna Lea Yeazel (3.Howard2, 1.Chester1) was born on 1 Jan 1944 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 11 Sep 2018 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana. Notes:
Donna Lea Merriott passed away peacefully in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 11, 2018 at the age of 74. She was born on January 1, 1944 in Danville, Illinois to Howard and Betty (Keller) Yeazel.
She graduated from nursing school at Marion University in 1980. After moving to Indianapolis she began working for Community Hospital as a registered nurse, retiring in 1997. She was “ER Nurse of the Year” in 1985.
Donna is survived by: her son, Thomas (Christina) Merriott Christina; daughter, Ronna Lea (Christopher) Gordon , grandson: Christopher Alan Gordon, and brother: Kenneth (Sandy) Yeazel.
She was preceded in death by her husband: Ronald Alan Merriott, parents: Howard and Betty Yeazel, and nephew: Caleb Yeazel.
She was a Charter and active member of the Lebanon Christian Church, Eastern Star and Sagamore chapter of ABWA (American Business Women’s Association).
Visitation will be held from 2:00-5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 16, 2018, at Myers Mortuary, 1502 North Lebanon Street, in Lebanon, Indiana. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, September 17 at the funeral home in Lebanon. Interment will follow services at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lebanon.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193070216/donna-lea-merriottDonna married Ronald Alan Merriott on 13 Feb 1971. Ronald was born on 25 Jan 1937 in Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana; died on 9 May 2013 in Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]