James H. Yocum Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved James H. Yocum (Reading, Pennsylvania), who passed away at the age of 98, on April 8, 2025. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
Though James has departed this earthly realm, his legacy endures — a legacy of love that will continue to illuminate the lives of family and friends in the darkest of hours. May his spirit soar on wings of eternal peace, forever cherished in the tender embrace of memory.
He was predeceased by: his parents, George Lehman Yocum and Helen Yocum (Jost); and his brother George Yocum.
A Mass of Christian burial was held on Tuesday, April 15th 2025 at 11:00 AM at the St. Margaret Catholic Church (925 Centre Ave, Reading, PA 19601).
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his memory to the Yocum Institute for Arts Education, 3000 Penn Ave., Reading, PA. 19609 or the "Foundation for RACC" to support the James H. Yocum Scholarship Fund, Foundation for RACC, 10 South 2nd St., Box 1706, Reading, PA. 19603.
