Memorial contributions may be made to BJC Hospice. Beloved wife of 53 years to Donald C. Yates; dear mother of Deborah Lea Jackson, Michael Dale Yates, and the late Ricky Allen Yates; loving grandmother of, Cameron, Joey, Chrissy, Tammy, and Crystal; precious great-grandmother of Joshua, Brandon, and Brandy; dear sister of Robert Dale Ohlau, Shirley Jean Jones (Ronald), Carol Sue Lussky (Jack), and the late Kenneth Lee Ohlau; dear sister-in-law of Talitha Ohlau. Preceded in death by parents Harold and Eva Ohlau (nee: Eggemeyer). Mrs. Yates was a homemaker. She was a member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in O'Fallon, Missouri. She was a former member of Berea Lutheran Church in Riverview, Missouri. She was a very special friend to many and loved and adored by her family.