Betty Fern Yeager Gates passed away on May 12, 2020, from pneumonia. She was born to Fritz and Bertha Bear on December 13, 1928, in Hartville, MO. Betty married Verol Yeager.
Betty was a hairdresser and owned Betty's Beauty Bar on West Division in Springfield for 30 years. She enjoyed gardening and travel. Betty loved going daily to Chesterfield Fitness Center. She was a member of Battlefield First Baptist Church. She gave credit to the Good Lord for giving her strength to endure treatment and overcome breast cancer last year.
Betty was preceded in death by her late husband, Jim; her son, Randy in 2016; and a sister, Rita Hooker. She is survived by daughters, Connie Powers and Sandra Mase and her husband, Art; sisters, Anita Creviston and Veda Rowe; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and eleven great great grandchildren.
Burial in Missouri Veterans Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader from May 13 to May 17, 2020
Betty was a hairdresser and owned Betty's Beauty Bar on West Division in Springfield for 30 years. She enjoyed gardening and travel. Betty loved going daily to Chesterfield Fitness Center. She was a member of Battlefield First Baptist Church. She gave credit to the Good Lord for giving her strength to endure treatment and overcome breast cancer last year.
Betty was preceded in death by her late husband, Jim; her son, Randy in 2016; and a sister, Rita Hooker. She is survived by daughters, Connie Powers and Sandra Mase and her husband, Art; sisters, Anita Creviston and Veda Rowe; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and eleven great great grandchildren.
Burial in Missouri Veterans Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader from May 13 to May 17, 2020
Betty Fern Yeager Gates passed away on May 12, 2020, from pneumonia. She was born to Fritz and Bertha Bear on December 13, 1928, in Hartville, MO. Betty married Verol Yeager.
Betty was a hairdresser and owned Betty's Beauty Bar on West Division in Springfield for 30 years. She enjoyed gardening and travel. Betty loved going daily to Chesterfield Fitness Center. She was a member of Battlefield First Baptist Church. She gave credit to the Good Lord for giving her strength to endure treatment and overcome breast cancer last year.
Betty was preceded in death by her late husband, Jim; her son, Randy in 2016; and a sister, Rita Hooker. She is survived by daughters, Connie Powers and Sandra Mase and her husband, Art; sisters, Anita Creviston and Veda Rowe; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and eleven great great grandchildren.
Burial in Missouri Veterans Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader from May 13 to May 17, 2020
Betty was a hairdresser and owned Betty's Beauty Bar on West Division in Springfield for 30 years. She enjoyed gardening and travel. Betty loved going daily to Chesterfield Fitness Center. She was a member of Battlefield First Baptist Church. She gave credit to the Good Lord for giving her strength to endure treatment and overcome breast cancer last year.
Betty was preceded in death by her late husband, Jim; her son, Randy in 2016; and a sister, Rita Hooker. She is survived by daughters, Connie Powers and Sandra Mase and her husband, Art; sisters, Anita Creviston and Veda Rowe; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and eleven great great grandchildren.
Burial in Missouri Veterans Cemetery.
Published in the News-Leader from May 13 to May 17, 2020
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