Juanita Rebecca Yates
May 23, 1926 - March 14, 2013
Obituary
Juanita Rebecca Yates
Juanita Rebecca Yates, age 86, passed away in Seattle, WA on March 14, 2013.
She was born on May 23, 1926 in Quick City, Missouri where she was raised on a farm with her older brother. She milked cows, helped care for the livestock, grew vegetables and flowers, and rode her horse to a one room schoolhouse. She loved animals.
She moved to Washington with her parents when she was 20 years old, married soon after, and started her family in Roche Harbor. Juanita eventually moved to Burien to finish raising her family. She was a homemaker and became a student of natural healing remedies, raised beautiful flowers and gardens, loved good jokes, and liked to cook. She enjoyed country western music, singing, playing her guitar and harmonica, and was an avid reader. Her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, friends, and neighbors brought her great joy.
She was predeceased by two husbands (Wayne Hall and Harold Yates), her brother (Bill Barnard), and two of her four children (Dennis Hall and Linda Smith). She was a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and will be missed by all.
She is survived by: two children, Shirley Herbison (George) of Manchester, and Kaye Hoeft (Rick) of Puyallup, 9 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life gathering was held for Juanita on Saturday, July 27, 2013.
Hi Nana! I know you are with my Dad Dennis and his beautiful sister Linda now. My whole life I told my friends and family how I have the sweetest, funniest most caring Nana there could ever be. We will always have the Huckleberry Square. ;)I will miss you so much Nanners Bananers. Love,
Gareth
Gareth is so lucky to have had such a kind and generous grandmother whose love was so unconditional and constant. I know he’ll miss you.
My Nana.I have many sweet memories as a child growing up with my nana.I loved spending the night at nanas were me and my sister could get away with much.I loved playing in the yard on the swing set,visiting Storm and hiding under the front porch from my nana or my mom bagging not to have to leave.My favorite thing was building forts out of the kitchen table and every blanket in the house and having nana in my fort to visit me and my weeble people.As an adult I have always really admired Nana.I was so proud to tell everyone I knew how hard of a worker she was and how she saved her ironing and babysitting money as a young woman to buy her house and that even as an older lady 70 still out there mowing her lawn.My nana was a strong Willed lady and I love and admire that.Nana always had a great sense of humor and as I got older she began to reveal how great and twisted it was.Always surprising me never expecting that to come out of my sweet nanas mouth.This brought me great pride.I will miss our long talks over coffee at the kitchen table.Hearing the stories about her life,my mom,us kids and the way she said warsh or warshington.I will never forget Christmases at Nanas when family was close and the sweet potatoes were hot.The comfort of being with my nana is erreplacable.I will miss you always.
My nana… How I miss you. I have so many memories of you. I have so many memories that are fresh in my mind of how fun and special you made my childhood. You always provided a fun loving, adventurous place for my cousins, my brothers and me to play. I remember running down the stairs, on the side of the house to the back to play on the swing set and swing until it tipped over. I remember all of the special lunches you would make us when we needed a break and how you would just wrap us all up in your sweet hugs. You always showed us such love and I will hold all of my memories in my heart forever. I miss you every day and feel happiness in my heart knowing that you are with the children and loved ones that you had to see go before you. Thank you for always making my childhood special and for loving me unconditionally. I love you Nana… xoxoxoxoxoxo