OBIT: William "Bill" Swank YOST, 2006, formerly of Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Barry and Betty Christy. Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ WILLIAM "BILL" SWANK YOST William (Bill) Swank Yost, 93, passed away Sept. 7, 2006, in Fort Bragg, Calif. The son of Ella Swank and Somerset attorney Harvey Frank Yost. Bill graduated from Somerset High School in 1930. Preceded in death by his wife, Louise in 1980. Survived by daughters, Kay Gallagher of West Bloomfield, Mich., and Jeanne DeLucchi of Mendocino, Calif.; son Bill, Jr., Fox Island, Wash.; sister, Mary Ellen Pohlit, Johnstown; and friend, Ethel Hewitt of Hemet, Calif. After his 1935 marriage to Louise Catherine Schrock, Bill and his wife settled in Philipsburg, where he established a tire sales and recap-ping business. Forced to close the business because of a shortage of rubber at the out-set of World War II, Bill moved to the suburbs of Johnstown where he worked in the business office of the Consolidation Coal Company and later shoveled coal as a fireman on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Returning to Somerset in 1946, Bill sold cars at Walker Buick, served as business manager at Mardis Ford, and opened a bookkeeping service for small businesses. Joining the sales staff of the Pennsylvania Funds Corporation, Bill was honored as the firm's top mutual funds salesman in 1957. From his earliest years, he was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ. Moving west to Tucson, Ariz., in 1971, Bill entered the booming real estate market as a real estate broker. Following retirement, Bill and Louise moved first to Pacific Beach, Calif., in 1976, and then to the inland desert town of San Jacinto, Calif. Through most of his adult years, Bill loved to fish, travel, and to enjoy good company. At his request, his ashes will be spread over the Pacific Ocean at a memorial service scheduled for the summer of 2007. Daily American, October 23, 2006