Crawshaw Funeral Home

Murphysboro - Byron Wendel York, 89, of Murphysboro, Illinois, passed away on October 7, 2021 in Carbondale, IL Byron was born on July 3, 1932 in Tuscola, Illinois. He graduated from Tuscola High School in 1950. He married Sue Coslet York on November 26, 1955 who proceeded him in death on December 3, 2019. They would have celebrated their 66th anniversary this November. He attended Eastern Illinois University, where he ran track and received his bachelor's degree in accounting; McCormick Theological Seminary where he received his degree of divinity; and he served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was an inspirational Presbyterian Pastor of the Southeastern Illinois...