BRAMWELL PIONEER FAMILY

LIVIO YON AND WIFE CRISTINA

Livio Yon, 89, of Box 181, Bramwell, died Monday, October 17, 1983, in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Born May 7, 1894 in Piedicavallo, Italy, he was son of Carlo and Marianna Yon. He had been a resident of Bramwell for 62 years. He was a retired stone mason. A member of the Bramwell Masonic Lodge 45, he had just received his 50-year pin. He was of the Protestant failth. He was preceded by his wife, Cristina Bernardo Yon in March of this year. Survivors include one son, Harry Yon of Mt. Zion, IL; two daughters, Mrs. Clifton (Eva) Hill of Bramwell and Mrs. Charles (Alma) Murphy of Lorton Lick Road, Bluefield; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Christina Yon.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1 p.m. at Cravens Shires Chapel in Bluewell with Dr. C. H. Patterson officiating. Entombment will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Bluewell. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 5 to 9 p.m.
Graveside rites will be conducted by members of the Bramwell Masonic Lodge 45 who also will serve as pallbearers. Published October 18, 1983 in Bluefield Daily Telegraph.

Cristina Bernardon Yon, 80, of Box `8`, Bramwell, died Tuesday, March 8, 1983, in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Born September 11, 1902 in Piedicavallo, Italy she was a daughter of Batista Yon Bernardon.

Survivors include in addition to her husband, Livio Yon; one son, Harry I. Yon of Mount Zion, IL; two daughters, Mrs. Clifton (Eva) Hill of Bramwell and Mrs. Charles (Alma) Murphy of Lorton Lick Road, Bluefield; two brothers, Peter B Yon of Durham, N.C. and Edmondo B. Yon of Bourg-En-Bresse, France; one sister, Mrs Gilda Tonini of Putnam, Ct., six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Cravens Shires Chapel at Bluewell with Father Leon Alexander and Dr. C. H. Patterson officiating. Entombment will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum at Bluewell. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 5 to 9 p.m. Published March 9, 1983 in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.

Livio Yon Family (Find-A-Grave):

Photographs of the new Yon-Peraldo Memorial Bridge taken in December 2016.

Mary Beth Eckerson, respresenting U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.; Erik Neville from the office of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin; Division Administrator Edward Stephen of the Federal Highway Division; World War II veteran Joe Vinciguerra; Bramwell Mayor Louise Stoker; Randy Damron of the WVDOT Communications Office; Susan Pierce of the W.Va. Division of Culture and History; and Jordan Maynor representing U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va. joined together Wednesday to cut the ribbon on the Yon-Peraldo Bridge, one of two new bridge in the town of Bramwell.

BDT Staff Photo By: Greg Jordan

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 28-20/5- 0.07, located in Mercer County, the "Yon-Peraldo Memorial Bridge":

Whereas, Mauro Peraldo and Livio Yon were natives of Piedicavallo, Italy; and

Whereas, Mauro Peraldo and Livio Yon learned the stonemason trade as apprentices during their childhood; and whereas, Mauro Peraldo and Livio Yon settled in Bramwell, West Virginia, when they arrived from Italy; and whereas, Mauro Peraldo and Livio Yon, with a crew of at least 20 stonemasons, built grand structures, foundations, stone walls, cemetery walls and reservoirs; and

Whereas, Mauro Peraldo and Livio Yon's artistic work remains as a treasured legacy for the people in the 21st Century to appreciate; and

Whereas, it is fitting, to honor the memory of Mauro Peraldo and Livio Yon, by naming bridge number 28-20/50.07, located in Mercer County, the "Yon-Peraldo Memorial Bridge";

Therefore, be it Resolved by the West Virginia Legislature: That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways name bridge number 28-20/5-0.07, located in Mercer County, the "Yon-Peraldo Memorial Bridge";

and, be it Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the "Yon-Peraldo Memorial Bridge";

and, be it Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation.

INFORMATION ON PIONEERS LIVIO YON & WIFE, CRISTINIA YON'S FAMILY

STORY OF PIONEER BRAMWELL MASON: ALBERTO PERALDO

LIVIA & CRISTINA YON'S DAUHTER - ALMA YON MURPHY

LIVIA & CRISTINA YON'S SON - HARRY ITALO YON

LIVIA & CRISTINA YON'S DAUGHTER - EVA YON HILL

LIVIA YON - FIND-A-GRAVE

CRISTINA YON - FIND-A-GRAVE

YON-PERALDO MEMORIAL BRIDGE

LEO CARL PERALDO -FIND-A-GRAVE

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