In loving memory

Marybelle Yeates

December 30, 1916 – October 2, 2004

Lived 87 years

Quincy Valley Cemetery · Quincy, Washington

Favorite Visit

Life story

Marybelle Bodrero Yeates, 87, of Quincy died October 2, 2004 at the Quincy Valley Convalescent Center.

She was born at home on December 30, 1916 to Louis Francis and Betsy Adamson Bodrero in Logan, Utah. She graduated from Logan, Utah High School and attended Utah Sate Agricultural College.

On June 19, 1940, she married Evert Eugene Yeates in the LDS Logan Temple in Logan, Utah. They spent their early life in Logan, then moved to Quincy in 1955 to farm during the early stages of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project.

She was active in the community affairs including local garden clubs, Toastmistresses International, PTA, was president of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, served as the chairperson for the local biannual Red Cross Blood Drive for 26 years and was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having served as the Relief Society President for 12 years.

She loved to garden, cook, sing and entertain. Her home was always open to friends and family.

She is survived by four children, Carolyn Ford of Greenacres, Frederick Evert and Carl Eugene Yeates, both of Quincy, and JoAnn Milne of Mesa, Arizona; 18 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Evert Eugene Yeates, six days prior to her own death, her parents, a brother and four sisters.

Graveside services were October 5, 2004, at the Quincy Valley Cemetery. Scharbach's Columbia Funeral Chapel in Quincy was in charge of arrangements.

Lifetime