Son of Theodore Albert Yerke and Emmyline Joyce Rogers
Husband of Roberta J. Shearer
Hugo Award winning co-publisher of a fanzine called Imagination! - he won the award in 2014 (he was already deceased at the time) for his work that was done on the Fanzine in 1939. His win was alongside co-publishers Morojo (Myrtle Douglas) and Forry Ackerman. He was also a writer of science fiction between 1936 and 1944, but did not win any awards for his writing. His last piece was written in 1944, but not published until 1957.
Sources
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCMF-GX4 : accessed 22 October 2019), Bruce T Yerke in household of Theodore A Yerke, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 5A, line 27, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1253; FHL microfilm 2,340,988.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CX-WNC : 27 July 2019), G Bruce Yerke in household of Emmyline J Yerke, Councilmanic District 2, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-152, sheet 4A, line 14, family 92, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 399.
"California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPYW-Q8V : 27 November 2014), Roberta J Schearer and Theodor B Yerke, Oct 1975; from "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Alameda, California, Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K18S-SGX : 23 May 2014), Theodor B Yerke, Residence, Berkeley, California, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTHT-N26 : 20 May 2014), Theodor B Yerke, 06 Mar 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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