BERKELEY - Donald William Yerks Sr., 81, of the Bayville section of Berkeley, died Monday, Nov. 24 at home. He has lived in Bayville for the last 46 years, and retired from the Ciba-Geigy Corp. of Toms River in 1984 after working there 20 years. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in

James L. Yerks Jr. of Cos Cob died on Oct. 1 at Greenwich Hospital. He was 95 years old. Mr. Yerks was born in Goldens Bridge, N.Y., on May 21, 1912 to the late Catharine and James L. Yerks Sr. He had lived in Greenwich since 1919. Mr. Yerks retired from Petro Oil. He was

CLARENCE LEROY "CY" YERKS, 87, beloved husband, father and grandfather, of Silverton, TOMS RIVER, died Sunday, May 20, at The Pines at Whiting. Born Nov. 26, 1919, in Silverton, Mr. Yerks was the son of the late William Yerks and Myrtie Gant Yerks. Mr. Yerks, a lifetime resident of Silverton, was a local mechanic and

DELHI — Walter Clarke Root III, 78, of Clifton Park, former longtime Delhi resident, passed away Saturday, Feb. 23, 2002, at Schuyler Ridge Health Care Residence in Clifton Park after a battle with Parkinson's Disease. The son of the late Walter C. Jr. and Helen (Crane) Root, he was born Oct. 10, 1923, in Kansas

NEW SMYRNA BEACH Frederick Shares Barnes, 82, of North Causeway, a former electronics technician, died Friday at Ocean View Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Barnes, an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, was born in North Haven, Conn., and came to this area in 1981 from Atlanta. He was a member of

HAYES-Agnes B. Age 92. On April 15, 1997. Beloved wife of the late James V. Devoted mother of Mary- Ann Mumma, James B. and John. Adored grandmother of ten. Dearest great-grandmother of four. Friends may call at Frank E. Campbell, 1076 Madison Ave. at 81st St., Wednesday, 6-8PM. Funeral Mass on Thursday, St. Thomas More,

James Vincent Hayes, a trial lawyer specializing in antitrust matters and a past president of the New York County Lawyers Association, died Saturday at his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan after a long illness. He was 85 years old.

Thanks to Carolyn Gibbons of North Carolina, a ROAGK volunteer who found this obituary for me. Edward Schnedier, 82, died Saturday.  Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church by the Rev. Martin Caldwell.  Burial will be in the old Bethesda Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eleanor Tierney Schneider; one

Below is the newspaper article about the death of Edward Hayes, Son of Johanna and Patrick Hayes, my great great grandparents.  I have not found any of his descendants yet, but the search goes on.  He served at the First Ward Alderman for Erie, PA for 15 years.