Thomas Yontz

1943 - 1962  (18 years)

• Name	Thomas Yontz
  Born	7 Sep 1943	Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Feb 1962	Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA
  Buried	Mount Olivet Cemetery, Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I133795	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Harry Edward Yontz,   b. 4 Jan 1919, Ohio, USA ,   d. 21 Jan 1988, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Marguerite Noll
  Family ID	F39626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Buried - - Mount Olivet Cemetery, Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  An account of the accident that took Thomas Yontz’s life appeared in the Newark Advocate on 5 Feb 1962: CARS CRASH SHOUTH OF ZANESVILLE; FOUR DIE, THREE INJURED ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A car heading north carrying four Ohio State University students back to school after a weekend home . . . A car heading south bringing four Caldwell women back to their homes. . . The two met headon on Ohio 146 about 15 miles southeast of here Sunday night. The result - four deaths and three persons hospitalized. One youth escaped uninjured. Killed were Thomas Yontz, 18; Miss Louise Clark, 50; her sister, Inez, 55, and Mrs. Hattie Wile, all of Caldwell. In Bethesda hospital here are Richard Yoss, 18, of Woodsfield, driver of the car carrying the youths; Phillip Yontz, twin brother of the teen-ager killed and Miss Thelma Rice, 60, of Caldwell.

  
  

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  [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Thomas Yontz (I133795) Tree: Südpfalz / Southern Palatinate Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I133795&tree=Suedpfalz Description: Birth: Norfolk, Virginia, USA Since 1871, about 73 years before Thomas was born, when a revised state constitution took effect following the American Civil War, this city and all the other cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia are and have been incorporated as counties aka. independent cities. Virginia's 38 independent cities are not politically part of a county, even though geographically they may be completely surrounded by one. Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA [S927] Obituary. Thomas Yontz’s obituary appeared in the Zanesville Times Recorder on 6 Feb 1962 Services for Thomas Yontz, 18, of Caldwell Route 2 will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Philomena Catholic Church, Caldwell. Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today at Estadt Funeral Home in Caldwell. Friends may call any time. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery at Caldwell. Yontz, a son of Harry and Marguerite Noll Yontz was born Sept. 7, 1943, in Norfolk, Va., while his father was serving in the Army. He had graduated from Caldwell High School in May and was a freshman at Ohio State University. Yontz was a member of the football team while he was in high school. Surviving in addition to the twin brother, Philip, are a sister, Elaine of the home and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Yontz of Caldwell.