Wilbur Ray “Buddy” YontsAge: 85 years1937–2023
- Name
- Wilbur Ray “Buddy” Yonts
- Given names
- Wilbur Ray
- Surname
- Yonts
- Nickname
- Buddy
 Birth | March 9, 1937 25 17 |
 Census | April 2, 1940 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 4 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 12 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
 Birth of a son#1 | Tracy Allan Yonts March 10, 1954 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Yonts October 1956 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a son | John Yonts November 13, 1956 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Karen Yonts February 19, 1959 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Herbert Yonts September 13, 1966 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 8 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a wife | Joan Matson 1985 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a father | Murl Wilbur Yonts August 22, 1991 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a son | Tracy Allan Yonts February 15, 1995 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a mother | Alta Lou Rogers April 30, 1999 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a sister | Betty Lou Yonts May 28, 2012 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Karen Yonts February 14, 2015 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | January 24, 2023 (Age 85 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Murl Wilbur Yonts Birth: September 26, 1911 25 19 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 22, 1991 — Pinellas, Florida, United States |
| mother |
Alta Lou Rogers Birth: March 16, 1919 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: April 30, 1999 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 24, 1934 — |
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15 months elder sister |
Betty Lou Yonts Birth: January 3, 1936 24 16 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: May 28, 2012 — Merriville, Lake, Indiana, United States |
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14 months himself |
Wilbur Ray “Buddy” Yonts Birth: March 9, 1937 25 17 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 2023 — Nortonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Joan Matson |
| himself |
Wilbur Ray “Buddy” Yonts Birth: March 9, 1937 25 17 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 2023 — Nortonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Joan Matson Birth: August 2, 1936 — Lake, Illinois, United States Death: 1985 — Ingleside, Lake, Illinois, United States |
| son |
Tracy Allan Yonts Birth: March 10, 1954 17 17 — Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States Death: February 15, 1995 — Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, United States |
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3 years son |
John Yonts Birth: October 1956 19 20 Death: November 13, 1956 |
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2 years daughter |
Karen Yonts Birth: February 19, 1959 21 22 — Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States Death: February 14, 2015 — Arcadia, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| son |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Murl Wilbur Yonts - Household
150 Whipple Street Chicago, Cook, Illinois
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