Obituary

LANCASTER -- Maxine Lines Yednak, 49, of Lancaster and formerly of Clearfield, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, at Lancashire Hall* in Lancaster.

She was born Nov. 28, 1954, in Clearfield.

She is survived by her husband, George Yednak of Clearfield; her father, George Smeal of Bainbridge; a daughter, Susan Frye, of Bainbridge; brothers, Russell Smeal of Bainbridge; Clayton Smeal of Lusby, MD and Dustin Smeal of Hemet, Calif,; and sister Sandra Lynch of New Castle, Del.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Barbara D. Smeal and a brother, Rock Smeal.

A memorial service will be held at the Stevens Hill Community Church of the Brethren, Turnpike Road, Elizabethtown, Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

Cremation arrangements are being made by Auer Memorial Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Harrisburg.811
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Named after her father’s sister Maxine Jane Lines. Maxine used the maiden name Smeal, but I’m not sure she was actually adopted by her step-father George Smeal.812
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Maxine, when fourteen months old, was living with her widowed mother and her grandparents the McGaughey’s, along with Robert D. and Joyce Hull Wise in a two-dwelling house. The home located in Dimeling†, Clearfield, PA caught fire in February 1956 killing Patricia the two-year old daughter of Robert & Joyce.59
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Resident of Lancaster, PA in December of 2003.55


[There are lots of Smeals buried at the Centre Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hyde, Clearfield, PA per this source].716

*Lancashire Hall is a nursing home located at 2829 Lititz Pike in Lancaster, PA.813

†Dimeling is located on Highway 153 east of Curwensville, PA.62