Following a gradual decline in health, James Ottis Yetter, a life-long resident of the Webster community, passed away on Friday, June 26, 1959 at the Memorial hospital at Carthage at the age of 74 years.

Mr. Yetter was born March 12, 1885, the son of Martin and Anna Thompson Yetter, in Hancock township at the Yetter homestead one-half mile south of Webster.  He received his education at Pennsylvania school and has resided in this community all his lifetime.

He was married October 11, 1906 to Mary Reynolds, who passed away July 5, 1955.

To this union were born five children: Mrs. Forrest Fuller of Lima, Harley of Kansas, Franklin of Peoria, Mrs. Olive Hillers and Mrs. Anna Mary Jones of Fountain Green. Also surviving are one half-brother, Fred, and half-sister, Mrs. Pearl McConnell, of Carthage.  Also left to mourn his passing are four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were one sister, Dora, and one brother, William; a half-brother, Albert, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Vernice Harmon and Mrs. Goldie Booz.

After the passing of the good wife, who he tenderly cared for during her many years of invalidism, he continued to live in the home at Webster, where he enjoyed the visits of his children and grandchildren, who showed him much consideration and kindness during his last illness.  Of a kind-hearted and generous nature, Mr. Yetter will be remembered as a good neighbor, friend, and will be missed by those who knew and loved him.

Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon in the Webster church, in charge of the Kilgore Memorial home of Carthage.  Rev. Leland R. Beck of the Carthage Christian church officiated, and interment was in the webster cemetery.  Pall bearers were Albert Allen, Albert Barr, Cherrill Reed, Gaylord Covert, Clifford Latherow and James McConnell.

See: Martin Yetter & Nancy Ann Thompson

To support his family Ottis started out as a laborer and later went into farming.  In 1930 he was working for an agricultural implement factory in Fulton County, Illinois.  During WWII, with two sons serving in the military, he worked at the Iowa Ordinance Plant in Burlington, Iowa.

The Yetter children:

i.	Forrest Yetter, born June 22, 1907.  After attending Fountain Green High School (class of 1925), she worked in Dallas City, Illinois, before marrying Damon Fuller in November of 1926.  He was from Canton, Illinois, the son of Will Fuller.  Forrest died in September of 1982, last address according to Social Security records: Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.
ii.	Olive A. Yetter, born April 26, 1909.  She died April 7, 2001, burial at Webster Cemetery.
iii.	Harley Yetter, born about 1913.
iv.	James Franklin Yetter, born in 1920.
v.	Anna Mary Yetter.

Yetter, Martin W, head, white, male, July 1847, 52, male, married for 9 years, born IL, both parents born PA, farmer, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English, paying on a mortgage on his farm home, farm schedule 74

Mary E, wife, white, female, Jan 1866, 34, married for 9 years; mother of 5 children, all living; born IL, father born KY, mother born IL, could read, write and speak English

James O, son, white, male, [illegible] 1886, 14, single, born IL, both parents born IL, at school for 8 months, could read, write and speak English

Albert S, son, white, male, July 1891, 8, single, born IL, both parents born IL, at school for 8 months, could read, write and speak English

Golda C [sic], daughter, white, female, May 1893, 7, single, born IL, both parents born IL, at school for 5 months, could read, write and speak English

Vernice L, daughter, white, female, July 1896, 3, single, born IL, both parents born IL

Freddie M, son, white, male, July 1898, 1, single, born IL, both parents born IL

Brown, John [illegible initial], stepson, white, male, Nov 1885, 14, single, born IL, both parents born IL, could not read, write or speak English

Reynoles, Frank M, head, white, male, Sept 1863, 36, married for 13 years, born IL, father born PA, mother born IL, farmer, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English, owned his farm home free of mortgage, farm schedule 96

Olive, wife, white, female, Sept 1859, 40, married for 13 years; mother of 3 children, all living; born IL, father born PA, mother born NJ, could read, write and speak English

Mary, daughter, white, female, May 1888, 12, single, born NE, both parents born IL, at school for 7 months, could read, write and speak English

George H, son, white, male, Feb 1893 ? [sloppy, heavily over-written], 7, single, born IL, both parents born IL

Yetter, Ottis, head, male, white, 25, married (1st) for 4 years, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, laborer, odd jobs, employee, whether out of work on April 15, 1910 - no, number of weeks out of work during 1909 - 0, could read and write, rented his home

Mary, wife, female, white, 21, married (1st) for 4 years; mother of 3 children, 3 living [sic]; born IL, father born NE, mother born IL, spoke English, could read and write

Forest, daughter, female, white, 2, single, born IL, both parents born IL

Olive, daughter, female, white, 11/12, single, born IL, both parents born IL

Yetter, Otis, head, renter, male, white, 34, married, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, farmer, general farm, working on own account, farm schedule 16

Mary, wife, female, white, 31, married, could read and write, born IL, both parents born NE, spoke English

Forest, daughter, female, white, 12, single, attended school after Sept. 1, 1919, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English

Olive, daughter, female, white, 10, single, attended school after Sept. 1, 1919, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English

Harley, son, male, white, 6, single, born IL, both parents born IL

Yetter, James, head, renter, monthly rental 7.50, did not own a radio, did not live on a farm, male, white, 45, married, age at first marriage - 21, could read and write, born IL, both parents born IL, spoke English, laborer, agriculture implement factory, whether a veteran of the U.S. military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition - no

Mary, wife, female, white, 41, married, age at first marriage - 18, could read and write, born NE, father born NE, mother born IL, spoke English

Franklin, son, male, white, 10, single, attended school after Sept. 1, 1929, could read and write, born IL, father born IL, mother born NE, spoke English