Billa Evelyn York

William Jennings York
(1896-1983)

Florence Evelyn McDaniel
(1906-1981)

Billa Evelyn York
(1929-2011)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Robert Andrew Darner

Billa Evelyn York

Born: 10 June 1929, Abbott, AR
Marriage (1): Robert Andrew Darner on 12 August 1950 in Des Moines, IA
Died: 13 May 2011, Ames, IA at age 81
Buried: After 13 May 2011, Waldron, AR

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• Her obituary was published in the Des Moines Register on 21 May 2011 in Des Moines, IA.

Billa Evelyn York Darner, formerly of Des Moines, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2011 at her home.

Billa was born in Abbott, Arkansas on June 10, 1929 to Florence and Bryan York. She graduated from Waldron High School in 1947. She attended National College in Kansas City and Drake University in Des Moines. She married Robert Andrew Darner on August 12, 1950 at First Methodist Church in Des Moines.

Billa's favorite hobby was keeping in touch with family and friends from work and her high school and college days. She sent out numerous cards and letters to her friends and relatives for each holiday, birthday and other events in their lives.

She also enjoyed traveling and had visited most of the 50 states, as well as over a dozen countries. She was able to travel with her family to many beautiful places which she found so amazing. Billa also enjoyed bird watching, visiting flower gardens and attending local musical events.

Billa was an interviewer at Job Service of Iowa from 1966 until her retirement in 1991. She had worked previously at the Des Moines Register, Meredith Publishing, and Iowa State University.

Billa is lovingly remembered by her husband Robert, her daughter Beth and her son-in-law Larry Johnson, her sister Mettie Eloine Gannon, brothers Welton, James E, and W. Joe York, as well as many nieces and nephews. Proceeding her in death were her parents, Florence and Bryan York, and her brother, Sam York.

Memorials given to the family will be donated to one of Billa's favorite charities. Billa was an organ donor and requested her body be cremated. She also requested no funeral services.

(Source: Des Moines Register, 21 May 2011)
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Billa married Robert Andrew Darner, son of Rev Joseph Andrew Darner and Rose Zehlia Eldridge, on 12 August 1950 in Des Moines, IA. (Robert Andrew Darner was born on 18 September 1928 in Ottumwa, IA ¹ ² ³.)

1 "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2849548 : accessed 15 Jul 2020), Robert Andrew Darner, 18 Sep 1928; citing Birth, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.

2 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 0015, sheet 16B, family I436, Joseph Andrew Darner and Rose Zehlia Eldrige; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Mar 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 686.

3 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 90-19, sheet 10B, household 273, Joseph Andrew Darner and Rose Zehlia Eldridge; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Mar 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1209.

Billa Evelyn York

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