Born September 29, 1901 in Pleasant Grove, Utah
Son of David Odis Yancey and Mary Alice Tomlinson.
Darrell's father came to Utah from Mississippi. His mother Alice came across the plains to Utah with a handcart company.
He was the only living son and grew up with four sisters.
He loved to fish and trap.
Married Olen Gardner in Provo, Utah December 22, 1923.
Children:
Dorthea Jean Yancey Dixon: November 5, 1924
Alice Mary Yancey Haag: January 6, 1929
Shirley Oleen Yancey Thayer: May 18, 1936
Most of his early years were spent in Utah. In 1962 he and Olen bought a 10 acre farm in Oakdale, California and grew everything from yams to peanuts. He loved to farm which was evident by the neat orchards and fields he kept. He worked the farm for fourteen years before selling it and retiring.
After retiring he and Olen spent summers at Clark's Camp at Strawberry Reservoir in Utah and fished from his 21 foot cabin cruiser "The Mary Ann" which he had purchased from Philo and Pem Farnsworth (Olen's sister).
He died at Strawberry Reservoir, Utah June 10, 1979 doing what he loved.
Son of David Odis Yancey and Mary Alice Tomlinson.
Darrell's father came to Utah from Mississippi. His mother Alice came across the plains to Utah with a handcart company.
He was the only living son and grew up with four sisters.
He loved to fish and trap.
Married Olen Gardner in Provo, Utah December 22, 1923.
Children:
Dorthea Jean Yancey Dixon: November 5, 1924
Alice Mary Yancey Haag: January 6, 1929
Shirley Oleen Yancey Thayer: May 18, 1936
Most of his early years were spent in Utah. In 1962 he and Olen bought a 10 acre farm in Oakdale, California and grew everything from yams to peanuts. He loved to farm which was evident by the neat orchards and fields he kept. He worked the farm for fourteen years before selling it and retiring.
After retiring he and Olen spent summers at Clark's Camp at Strawberry Reservoir in Utah and fished from his 21 foot cabin cruiser "The Mary Ann" which he had purchased from Philo and Pem Farnsworth (Olen's sister).
He died at Strawberry Reservoir, Utah June 10, 1979 doing what he loved.
Born September 29, 1901 in Pleasant Grove, Utah
Son of David Odis Yancey and Mary Alice Tomlinson.
Darrell's father came to Utah from Mississippi. His mother Alice came across the plains to Utah with a handcart company.
He was the only living son and grew up with four sisters.
He loved to fish and trap.
Married Olen Gardner in Provo, Utah December 22, 1923.
Children:
Dorthea Jean Yancey Dixon: November 5, 1924
Alice Mary Yancey Haag: January 6, 1929
Shirley Oleen Yancey Thayer: May 18, 1936
Most of his early years were spent in Utah. In 1962 he and Olen bought a 10 acre farm in Oakdale, California and grew everything from yams to peanuts. He loved to farm which was evident by the neat orchards and fields he kept. He worked the farm for fourteen years before selling it and retiring.
After retiring he and Olen spent summers at Clark's Camp at Strawberry Reservoir in Utah and fished from his 21 foot cabin cruiser "The Mary Ann" which he had purchased from Philo and Pem Farnsworth (Olen's sister).
He died at Strawberry Reservoir, Utah June 10, 1979 doing what he loved.
Son of David Odis Yancey and Mary Alice Tomlinson.
Darrell's father came to Utah from Mississippi. His mother Alice came across the plains to Utah with a handcart company.
He was the only living son and grew up with four sisters.
He loved to fish and trap.
Married Olen Gardner in Provo, Utah December 22, 1923.
Children:
Dorthea Jean Yancey Dixon: November 5, 1924
Alice Mary Yancey Haag: January 6, 1929
Shirley Oleen Yancey Thayer: May 18, 1936
Most of his early years were spent in Utah. In 1962 he and Olen bought a 10 acre farm in Oakdale, California and grew everything from yams to peanuts. He loved to farm which was evident by the neat orchards and fields he kept. He worked the farm for fourteen years before selling it and retiring.
After retiring he and Olen spent summers at Clark's Camp at Strawberry Reservoir in Utah and fished from his 21 foot cabin cruiser "The Mary Ann" which he had purchased from Philo and Pem Farnsworth (Olen's sister).
He died at Strawberry Reservoir, Utah June 10, 1979 doing what he loved.
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