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- Myrle E. Yates, 90; By Local Sources on January 31, 2013in Obituaries; Myrle E. Yates
Myrle E. Yates, age 90, of Jasper, Indiana, passed away at 6:48 a.m., Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville. She was born July 8, 1922 in Folsomville, Indiana to John and Lida (Powers) Lankford. She married Clee Yates on December 21, 1938. She was employed at the Jasper Holiday Inn and the Good Samaritan Nursing Center. Myrle loved to crochet and quilt; and she enjoyed cooking for her family. She was a devoted mother and loving grandmother who will be greatly missed.
She was preceded in death by: her husband, Clee Yates, who passed away on June 6, 1971; two infant daughters, Reba Audra Yates and Emma Lida Yates; five brothers - Hollis, Harold, Ottis, Chester and Harry Lankford; and one sister, Eva Mae Cooper. She is survived by: Three sons and two daughter-in-laws, Allen "Sonny" (spouse: Linda) Yates - Snowflake, AZ Glenn Yates - Jasper, IN Norman (spouse: Linda) Yates - Jasper, IN; Three brothers, Carl Lankford - Evansville, IN Clyde Lankford - Boonville, IN Jim Lankford - Huntington Beach, CA; And 10 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Myrle E. Yates will be held at 2:00 p.m., E.S.T., on Friday, February 1, 2013 at the Nass & Son Funeral Home in Huntingburg with burial to follow at Little Zion Cemetery near Tennyson.
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