Grace Ann Yates, 90, of Doniphan, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 1999, at the Lakeview Health and Rehab Center of Grand Island.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Doniphan United Methodist Church. The Revs. Gil Karges and Kenneth McClain will officiate. Inurnment will be at a later date at Cedar View Cemetery in Doniphan.
There will be no visitation. Apfel-Butler-Geddes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Yates was born Oct. 13, 1909, to August and Frances (Bozek) Hayek at Linwood. She graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1931.
She married Ivan Yates on June 8, 1933, at David City. They lived in Hastings and Ragan before moving to Doniphan in 1941. She taught home economics and science in Doniphan schools for many years. She and her husband also ran the
Doniphan Locker and Grocery.
She was a longtime member of the United Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Yates received the Ak-Sar-Ben Good Neighbor Award in 1992. Survivors include her husband; one son, Bob of Gering; a daughter-in-law, Joy Yates of Omaha; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a sister,
Dorothy Collins of Boise, Idaho.
She was preceded in death by one son, Bill and six sisters.
The Grand Island Independent, Dec. 7, 1999
Grace Ann Yates, 90, of Doniphan, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 1999, at the Lakeview Health and Rehab Center of Grand Island.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Doniphan United Methodist Church. The Revs. Gil Karges and Kenneth McClain will officiate. Inurnment will be at a later date at Cedar View Cemetery in Doniphan.
There will be no visitation. Apfel-Butler-Geddes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Yates was born Oct. 13, 1909, to August and Frances (Bozek) Hayek at Linwood. She graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1931.
She married Ivan Yates on June 8, 1933, at David City. They lived in Hastings and Ragan before moving to Doniphan in 1941. She taught home economics and science in Doniphan schools for many years. She and her husband also ran the
Doniphan Locker and Grocery.
She was a longtime member of the United Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Yates received the Ak-Sar-Ben Good Neighbor Award in 1992. Survivors include her husband; one son, Bob of Gering; a daughter-in-law, Joy Yates of Omaha; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a sister,
Dorothy Collins of Boise, Idaho.
She was preceded in death by one son, Bill and six sisters.
The Grand Island Independent, Dec. 7, 1999
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