Yingling, Oroville W.

Other Events:

• Address: Address:
  Oroville W. Yingling
• Baptism: 1917, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
• 1920 Census: 8 Jan 1920, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; Ward 2, Sheet 12
• Education - High School: 1935, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Military Service Awards: Between 1942 and 1946
• Military Service: Between 23 Feb 1942 and 25 Apr 1946; WWII - US Signal Corps, China Burma India Theater as a Master Sgt in the Signal Army Air Corps
• News Mention: 5 Dec 1945; Kaukauna Times
• Occupation: Aft 1946; Service Foreman for Wisconsin Telephone Company
• Obituary: 7 May 2008; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

Baptism:
1917 Baptismal Register Holy Cross, Godparents were Mr & Mrs Wm Heintz (h is Uncle and Aunt)

1920 Census:
Listed as liv ing with parents, age 3 6/12.

Education - High School:
Kaukauna High School Class of 1935

Military Service Awards:
American Theater Service Medal
Asiatic- Pacific Service Medal
Good Conduct Medal
Lapel Service Bar
Overseas Service Bar
730th Sig Aircraft Warning Company
Master Sargent

Military Service:
US Army - WWII 1940-1944
Date of enlistment: 23 March 1942
Date of entry into active service: 21 Oct. 1942
Date of separation: 25 April 1946 at Camp McCoy

News Mention:
Master Sgt. Orville W. Yingling is currently serving with the 48th evacuation company Calcutta, India and is busy engaged in the task of preparing soldiers for immediate return to the United States. Troops arrived by plane or train from all over India, Burma and China. The first step is to give them a hot meal and assigned them to billets. Men receive an influenza shot and may draw partial or full pay.

Occupation:
Service Foreman for Wisconsin Telephone Company

Obituary:
Orville W. Yingling, 91, of Boulder Lake, died Monday, May 5, 2008, in Langlade Memorial Hospital, Antigo, WI. He was born January 21, 1917, in Kaukauna, WI, Son of the late Frank and Mary (Feller) Yingling. He married Hazel Alft in 1942. She preceded him in death in 1959. He married Beatrice Smits on September 30, 1961, at Kaukauna. She survives. He was raised in Kaukauna and graduated from Kaukauna High School in 1935. He was an Eagle Boy Scout and a member of the Order of the Arrow. He received the Ad Altre Dei and the Silver Beaver Awards. Prior to WWII, he assisted in the planning and construction of Gardner Dam Boy Scout Camp at Langlade. During WWII, he served in the China Burma India Theater as a Master Sgt in the Signal Army Air Corps. He worked in Appleton as a Service Foreman for Wisconsin Telephone Company, which later became Wisconsin Bell. He retired in 1975 and moved to Boulder Lake where he was active in Langlade Little League as a coach. In Appleton, he was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church and the Holy Name Society and Boy Scout Master for the church troop.
He was a member and lector at St. James and Stanislaus Catholic Congregation of White Lake and Langlade. He had a passion for the outdoors, fishing, hunting and gardening.
Surviving are his wife, Bea Yingling Boulder Lake; two daughters: Kathy (Charles) Frisk, Green Bay; Carol (Sam) Hendry, Riverview, FL; four grandchildren: Stacey Frisk, Erin Frisk, Andrea (Dave) Young, Marty Larkee; four great-grandchildren: Rhianna and Doug Young, Skylar and Madison Larkee; a brother, Jim (Joanne) Yingling Laona; a sister Dorothy (Gene) Sage, Chula Vista, AK.
He was preceded in death by parents, wife Hazel Alft; four brothers: Jerome, Donald, Norbert and Francis Yingling.
Services will be held at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Langlade, Saturday, May 10, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Paul Koszarek officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, May 10 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church from 9:30 to 10:30. A memorial has been established. Bradley Funeral Home, Antigo, is assisting with arrangements. Online condolences may be made to
www.bradleyfh.com.

Oroville married Alft, Hazel B. 25 Jan 1942, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. Hazel was born 1 Jul 1914, , Langlade County, Wisconsin, USA; died 3 Jun 1959, Shawano, Shawano, Wisconsin, USA; was buried Aft 4 Jun 1959, St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Oroville married Smits, Beatrice I. 30 Sep 1961, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. Beatrice (daughter of Smits, Theodore Anthony and McDaniel, Lucy A.) was born 3 Oct 1916, Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 8 Dec 2008, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Katherine married Brock, James M. (son of Brock, Ray and Unknown, Grace "Brock") [Group Sheet]

Katherine married Frisk, Charles [Group Sheet]

Carol married Larkee, Gary Lee [Group Sheet]

Andrea married Demers, Clinton E. [Group Sheet]