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POSTED: December 15, 2008
Lock Haven Express
Harold C. (Bud) Yost Sr.
Harold C. (Bud) Yost Sr., 85, of 615 W. Grape St., Castanea, died Dec
. 14, 2008 at Williamsport Hospital Intensive Care Unit. He had been i
failing health.
He was born in Lock Haven on Dec. 26, 1922, the son of the late John A
. and Jennie Shadle Yost.
Bud was married to Elva Hakin Yost, who preceded him in death in 1997.
He attended Lock Haven High School and entered the militry in 1944, se
ving with the U.S. Navy as a boatswain's mate. He was given a two-wee
k crash course and after completion was made a third-class petty offic
er in the Navy. He considered himself very lucky. His duties include
d being in charge of the seamen who were building landing ship tanks a
d mother ships, which were vessels used to transport the LCTs to thei
destinations. Bud's mother ship carried him through the Panama Cana
l to New Guinea. The boat, which was extremely slow, took 65 days to g
et there from New Orleans.
After discharge from the service in 1946, Bud worked at Piper Aircraf
t and Hammermill Paper Company and also did carpenter work at Penn Sta
te University with the Mill Right Union.
In 1961 Bud went into the construction business for himself. He attrib
uted his experience of building ships in the Navy as giving him the kn
owledge to become a building contractor, having built more homes tha
anyone in the area.
He also developed an area in Castanea, known as Yost Addition, and i
1972 after the flood purchased a franchise for Ridge Homes.
Along with his wife, he purchased and ran the Eagle Hotel in Lock Have
. After he sold the business he kept busy cooking for More Than Brea
d and the Salvation Army.
He was involved in many organizations including the Jersey Shore VFW
. He was a life member of the Castanea Fire Company, Lock Haven Elks B
POE #182, Beech Creek American Legion and YMCA, and served as past pre
sident of the Lock Haven-Mill Hall Golden K. He was also a volunteer f
or the Lock Haven Salvation Army.
Survivors include a son, Harold C. (Bud) Yost Jr. and his girlfriend
, Carolyn Munro of Castanea, and a daughter, Bonnie S. and her husban
d Samuel W. Probst of Swissdale.
Also surviving are a sister, Pauline Yost Donavan of El Cajon, Calif.
; four grandchildren, Samuel G. and his wife Donna Probst, Benson W. P
obst and his girlfriend Robin Shadle, Troy A. and his wife Bethany Pr
obst, and Harold (Bud) III and his wife Teresa Yost; and six great-gra
dchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Billie Lee Yost in August of 1993
, and three brothers, John A. Jr., Russell and Sanford Yost.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Yost-Gedo
Funeral Home, 121 W. Main St., Lock Haven. Officiating will be Rev
. Fred Fields assisted by Pastor Charles Jenkins. Interment will be i
Linnwood Cemetery, McElhattan, with full military honors.
Family and friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesd
ay. Elks services will be held at 6 p.m. and Castanea Fire Company ser
vices at 8:30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials will be accepted to the Castanea Unite
d Methodist Church or the American Heart Association.
Those wishing to make online condolences may do so at www.yost-gedonfu
eralhome.com.
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1922 - 2008 (85 years) Has 20 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
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