Retired Mr. Jack Lee YANCEY, age 78, of McDonough passed away Sunday, Aug. 18, 2002, at the Henry Medical Center. Mr. Yancey was born June 20, 1924, in Sturgis, Mich., to the late John Hampton Yancey and the late Violet Ruth Jansen Yancey. His grandson, John Douglas Greenwalt, preceded him in death. Mr. Yancey graduated from Sturgis High School in 1942, and volunteered for the Army Air Corps in 1943, while attending the University of Michigan, where he played in the marching band. He was promoted to first lieutenant at 19 while at Yale University before being stationed at Lowery Air Force Base in Denver, Colo., with later duty assignments in Florida and Utah. Later he served in the Air Force Reserves. He returned to Sturgis and worked for the Kirsch Co., where he met and married the former Jean Stevenson of White Pigeon, Mich., in 1947. They divorced in 1979. After World War II he studied at Northrup Engineering in California before returning to Michigan, where he farmed and co-owned the Red McGowan Appliance Store in White Pigeon. In 1962, he moved to Fort Collins, Colo., where he worked for the U.S. Postal Service until his retirement in 1988. In 1989, he married Allene Marie Whittig Yancey in Kansas City, Mo. In 1996, they moved to McDonough, where he was a member of the American Legion and attended Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Stockbridge. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at Lord of Life Lutheran Church with Pastor Kent Fuqua officiating. Military interment services will follow at 2 p.m. in Eastlawn Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his wife, daughters, and sons-in-aw, Lizabeth and Dean Greenwalt of Cheyenne, Wyo. and Sara and John Huffman of Winchester, Va.; stepchildren, David Benjamin of Cincinnati, Ohio and Debbie Leaze of McDonough; three grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Charles Childs of Plymouth, Mich.; two nieces and a nephew. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The John Douglas Greenwalt Memorial Fund in Cheyenne, Wyo., or to the charity of your choice in memory of Mr. Yancey.
Retired Mr. Jack Lee YANCEY, age 78, of McDonough passed away Sunday, Aug. 18, 2002, at the Henry Medical Center. Mr. Yancey was born June 20, 1924, in Sturgis, Mich., to the late John Hampton Yancey and the late Violet Ruth Jansen Yancey. His grandson, John Douglas Greenwalt, preceded him in death. Mr. Yancey graduated from Sturgis High School in 1942, and volunteered for the Army Air Corps in 1943, while attending the University of Michigan, where he played in the marching band. He was promoted to first lieutenant at 19 while at Yale University before being stationed at Lowery Air Force Base in Denver, Colo., with later duty assignments in Florida and Utah. Later he served in the Air Force Reserves. He returned to Sturgis and worked for the Kirsch Co., where he met and married the former Jean Stevenson of White Pigeon, Mich., in 1947. They divorced in 1979. After World War II he studied at Northrup Engineering in California before returning to Michigan, where he farmed and co-owned the Red McGowan Appliance Store in White Pigeon. In 1962, he moved to Fort Collins, Colo., where he worked for the U.S. Postal Service until his retirement in 1988. In 1989, he married Allene Marie Whittig Yancey in Kansas City, Mo. In 1996, they moved to McDonough, where he was a member of the American Legion and attended Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Stockbridge. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at Lord of Life Lutheran Church with Pastor Kent Fuqua officiating. Military interment services will follow at 2 p.m. in Eastlawn Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his wife, daughters, and sons-in-aw, Lizabeth and Dean Greenwalt of Cheyenne, Wyo. and Sara and John Huffman of Winchester, Va.; stepchildren, David Benjamin of Cincinnati, Ohio and Debbie Leaze of McDonough; three grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Charles Childs of Plymouth, Mich.; two nieces and a nephew. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The John Douglas Greenwalt Memorial Fund in Cheyenne, Wyo., or to the charity of your choice in memory of Mr. Yancey.
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