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The Muskegon Chronicle
Saturday, 18 July, 1942

         JOHN YONKERS, 61, Long Ill, Dies
         
         Realty Broker, He Was Former
          Continental Officer
          
         JOHN E. YONKERS, former real estate broker here,
       died today at his home, 1070 Langeland avenue,
       following a long illness. MR. YONKERS, 61 years 
       old, had been in poor health for about two years
       and confined to his bed for several months.
       
         Born Aug. 28, 1880, in Grand Haven, MR. YONKERS
       lived there for 22 years and attended the Grand
       Haven schools. Later he spent several years  in
       Northern Michigan, being employed as a cook in
       various camps of the lumber industry.
       
         For the past 27 years he had lived in Muskegon.
       At one time MR. YONKERS served as employment
       manager for Continental Motors corporation. In
       recent years he had been employed at the Clarke
       Sanding Machine company. Formerly in the real
       estate business himself, he also had been asso-
       ciated in that connection with the late T. H.
       Leafstrand.
       
         MR. YONKERS was married to the former GERTRUDE
       ELWELL, on Mar. 29, 1903, in Thompsonville.
       
         Surviving, besides MRS. YONKERS, are two sons,
       CAPT. D. W. YONKERS of Camp Shelby, Miss.; VERCELL
       YONKERS, of Anderson, Ind.; one daughter, Miss
       GUILA YONKERS, of Muskegon; three brothers, ENO
       and DUKE YONKERS, of Grand Haven, and FRED YONKERS,
       of Muskegon; one sister, MRS. EINAR NELSON, of
       Spring Lake, and two grandchildren.
       
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