Marilyn D. York Family Law Attorney Serving Nevada

In 1913 Great Grandfather, Joe York, somewhat of a pioneer, moved his family from drought stricken Oklahoma to Fallon, Nevada. This was well before Lahontan Reservoir was built in 1915 and before Fallon became the "Oasis of Nevada" from irrigation. Joe and his wife, Mary, raised eight children in Fallon during hard times. He farmed and hunted to feed the family. Joe was reportedly a stern and mean father. Son, James, had become tired of beatings and went out into the world on his own at the young age of 15.

James, who many years later would become Marilyn's grandfather, milked cows for a dairy farmer to put himself through high school in Fallon. After graduating from high school he moved to San Francisco for seven years where he became a butcher. He also married and his first son Jimmy Joe was born there. In 1936 mean old Joe died at 72 and James moved his new family back to Fallon and bought the old farm from his mother during the Great Depression. After farming and milking cows for others for a few years, he started York's Dairy, the first Grade "A" dairy in the area. James sold the Dairy and started York's Meat in 1945. York's Meat is still operating at the original York Lane location. York Lane was named after Joe York. After James sold York Meat's he began buying and fixing rental properties and eventually owned 32 rentals known as York Rentals. Unlike Joe, James was a kind and gentle man who was active in the Fallon Elks and popular with everyone.

Ray, James's second son, who many years later would become Marilyn's father, was born in Fallon in 1941, a month before Pearl Harbor was attacked. At that time, James was still running his dairy and sold most of the milk to the local Naval Air Station during World War II. As Ray learned farming, slaughtering and meat cutting, he became fascinated by machinery. After Ray graduated from Churchill County High School in Fallon, he went to the University of Nevada Reno for a short time and then followed his older brother, Jimmy Joe, to West Point.

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