Joyce Darlene Aanonson Yates 1930-2011

YATES, AANONSON, OLSON, BUELTEL, PRENTICE

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 4/21/2013 at 00:00:54

ESTHERVILLE - Funeral services for Joyce Darlene Yates, 81, of Estherville will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011, at Estherville Lutheran Church in Estherville with Pastor Doug Burton officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday at Henry-Olson Funeral Chapel in Estherville. Interment will be at East Side Memorial Cemetery in Estherville.

She died Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Society in Estherville.

Joyce Darlene (Aanonson) Yates, the daughter of Arthur and Effie (Olson) Aanonson, was born Feb. 24, 1930 in Emmet County and educated in the Estherville schools, graduating from Estherville High School in 1948.

Joyce was united in marriage to Arnold Ray Yates on April 9, 1950. She held various office positions in Emmet County. Joyce was a member of the Estherville Lutheran Church, Sarah Circle and Wa Ton Ye. She enjoyed cooking, baking, sewing, knitting and spending time with her family and friends.

Joyce is survived by her husband, Arnold, of Estherville; her children, Douglas Yates and his wife, Charlene, of Buffalo, Minn. and Susan Bueltel and her husband, Douglas, of Humboldt; three grandsons, Matthew Yates of Vancouver, Wash., Nathan Yates of Minneapolis and Jonathan Bueltel of Humboldt; and her sister-in-law, Alice Prentice, of Estherville.

She was preceded in death by her parents. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, May 20, 2011)