Gorden W. Yost, 95, of rural Chetopa, passed away at 6:50 a.m., Monday, August 29, 2016 at Oswego Community Hospital.
He was born July 7, 1921 on the family farm in rural Craig County, Oklahoma to John and Ethel (McCormick) Yost.
As a young boy, he attended Goldenrod School in Craig County.
In September of 1942, he joined the United States Army and during World War II escaped three times as a P.O.W. in Germany and was recaptured twice. For his service in the United States Army, he received a Purple Heart Medal, European African Middle Eastern Service Medal, and an Honorable Service while Prisoner of War Medal. During his service, he was in combat as an ammunition carrier in Africa, Italy, Germany, Austria, France and England.
Upon his honorable discharge in September of 1945, he returned to rural Craig County, Oklahoma where he farmed and raised cattle. In 1957, he moved to Beaumont, Texas, and worked as a union ironworker until 1962 when he moved back to Craig County, Oklahoma, and continued union ironwork with Local #584 of Tulsa and also raised cattle. After his heart surgery in 1976, he moved to Chetopa, Kansas.
He was a member of the First Christian Church in Chetopa. He was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Welch, Oklahoma where he assisted with military funeral honors in earlier years. In 1986, he began traveling extensively. He also enjoyed fishing at places where he traveled.
He and Ruby Caldwell were married in 1946. They later divorced. On April 2, 1992, he and Ruby Lee McCutchen were married. She preceded him in death on December 20, 2011.
Survivors include:
Two Sons – Ronald Yost and his wife, Debbie Chetopa, KS
Roger Yost Chetopa, KS
Two Daughters – Carolyn Alexander Reed Springs, MO
Rhonda Wilson and her husband, Larry Branson, MO
Eight Grandchildren
Twelve Great-Grandchildren
Two Sisters – Betty Morrison Welch, OK
Dortha Fessler-Woodrell Bartlesville, OK
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Jess Garrison, Park Yost, and Morris "Burr" Yost; and two sisters, Louise Burke and Jewel Smith.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Chetopa. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time, on Thursday, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa.
Memorials are suggested to the Chetopa Veteran's Park. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Gorden W. Yost, please visit our flower store.
He was born July 7, 1921 on the family farm in rural Craig County, Oklahoma to John and Ethel (McCormick) Yost.
As a young boy, he attended Goldenrod School in Craig County.
In September of 1942, he joined the United States Army and during World War II escaped three times as a P.O.W. in Germany and was recaptured twice. For his service in the United States Army, he received a Purple Heart Medal, European African Middle Eastern Service Medal, and an Honorable Service while Prisoner of War Medal. During his service, he was in combat as an ammunition carrier in Africa, Italy, Germany, Austria, France and England.
Upon his honorable discharge in September of 1945, he returned to rural Craig County, Oklahoma where he farmed and raised cattle. In 1957, he moved to Beaumont, Texas, and worked as a union ironworker until 1962 when he moved back to Craig County, Oklahoma, and continued union ironwork with Local #584 of Tulsa and also raised cattle. After his heart surgery in 1976, he moved to Chetopa, Kansas.
He was a member of the First Christian Church in Chetopa. He was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Welch, Oklahoma where he assisted with military funeral honors in earlier years. In 1986, he began traveling extensively. He also enjoyed fishing at places where he traveled.
He and Ruby Caldwell were married in 1946. They later divorced. On April 2, 1992, he and Ruby Lee McCutchen were married. She preceded him in death on December 20, 2011.
Survivors include:
Two Sons – Ronald Yost and his wife, Debbie Chetopa, KS
Roger Yost Chetopa, KS
Two Daughters – Carolyn Alexander Reed Springs, MO
Rhonda Wilson and her husband, Larry Branson, MO
Eight Grandchildren
Twelve Great-Grandchildren
Two Sisters – Betty Morrison Welch, OK
Dortha Fessler-Woodrell Bartlesville, OK
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Jess Garrison, Park Yost, and Morris "Burr" Yost; and two sisters, Louise Burke and Jewel Smith.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Chetopa. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time, on Thursday, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa.
Memorials are suggested to the Chetopa Veteran's Park. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Gorden W. Yost, please visit our flower store.
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