Individual Details
Lorene E. Folk
(25 Dec 1913 - 11 Dec 2010)
She was born in Coldwater, Michigan to Louis and Bessie Byers Folk.
Lorene graduated from Homer High School in 1929 then recieved her teaching certificate from County Normal. She taught at several Country Schools in Albion Township.
Also owned and operated an Antique Shop in Homer.
She married Ralph R. Yost in 1933, he preceded her in 1992.
Besides her husband; she was also preceded in death by her son, Maurice R. Yost; brother, Robert Folk; two sisters, Elousie Folk Griffiths; Lucy Folk Miller; parents, Louis and Bessie Byers Folk.
Survivors include her daughter, Frances Keifer and husband, Clarence "Butch"; three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; four sisters, Clarlene Sheets; Geannie Cutcher; Lizzie Neufer; Glenna Fast.
Burial Fairview Cemetery Homer, Michigan.
Events
| Birth | 25 Dec 1913 | Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 3 Jan 1920 | (Louis Henry Folk and Bess J. Byers) Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 19 Apr 1930 | (Louis Henry Folk and Bess J. Byers) Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan | | | |
| Marriage | 3 Jul 1937 | Angola, Steuben County, Indiana - Ralph R. Yost | | ||
| Census (family) | 4 Apr 1940 | Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan - Ralph R. Yost | | | |
| Death | 11 Dec 2010 | Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan | |||
| Burial | Fairview Cemetery, Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan | |
Families
| Spouse | Ralph R. Yost (1911 - 1992) |
| Child | Maurice R. Yost (1950 - 1978) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Louis Henry Folk (1887 - 1964) |
| Mother | Bess J. Byers (1895 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Lucille Isobel Folk (1917 - 2001) |
| Sibling | Iva Eloise Folk (1919 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Robert Duane Folk (1921 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Viva Elizabeth "Liz" Folk (1923 - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Jeanne Alberta Folk (1928 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Louis H FulkHeadM33 Michigan - Truck driverBessie J FulkWifeF24 Michigan
Lorene E FulkDaughterF6 Michigan
Lucile I FulkDaughterF2 Indiana
Elouise I FulkDaughterF0 Michigan
Census (family)-shared
Lewis H FolkHeadM44Michigan - Agent, Standard Oil Co.Bessie J FolkWifeF35Michigan
Lorene E FolkDaughterF16Michigan
Lucile I FolkDaughterF13Indiana
Iva L FolkDaughterF11Michigan
Robert D FolkSonM8Michigan
Elizabeth V FolkDaughterF6Michigan
Glenna M FolkDaughterF4Michigan
Alberta J FolkDaughterF2Michigan
Census (family)
Ralph R YostHeadM29Michigan - Gasoline filling station attendantLorene E YostWifeF26Michigan - Rural teacher in public school
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZS6-GHP : 14 December 2015), Louis H Fulk, Coldwater Ward 2, Branch, Michigan, United States; citing sheet 2A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,758..
2. "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQY3-3M1 : 8 December 2015), Lewis H Folk, 1930..
3. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3LD-ZFB : 21 January 2016), Ralph Yost and Lorene Folk, 03 Jul 1937; citing Steuben, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,872,336..
4. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K42V-VBF : accessed 23 September 2016), Ralph R Yost, Homer, Homer Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-59, sheet 2B, family 49, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1737..
5. Find A Grave Memorial# 62927011.