Submitted by: Dan Rich
Vinton B. Yardley
Nov. 15, 1902 - Feb. 15, 1994
South Bend Tribune 2/17/1994
SOUTH BEND - Vinton B. Yardley, 91,
of Sun City, Ariz., formerly of South Bend, died at 1:40 a.m.
Tuesday in Eldorado Retirement Community, Sun City. Mr. Yardley
retired in 1967 from Dodge Division of Reliance Electric Co. as
manager of engineering sales after 41 years of service. He was
born Nov. 15, 1902, in Kansas City, Kan., and lived in South Bend
until moving to Arizona in 1991.
On July 16, 1938, in Mishawaka, he married
Marjorie A. Parett. She survives, with a brother, Arthur
of Overland Park, Kan. He was a member of Mishawaka Kiwanis Club,
Dodge Quarter Century Club and Northern Indiana Historical
Society.
Services were held today in Sunland Memorial
Park & Funeral Home, Sun City. Services and burial will be
held at a later date in South Bend. Hahn Funeral Home, Mishawaka,
is in charge of local arrangements. Memorial contributions may be
made to First United Methodist Church, Mishawaka.