Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Robert L. Yeakley

Dec. 19, 1917 - March 4, 2001

 

South Bend Tribune 3/7/2001

Robert L. Yeakley, 83, of Mayflower Road, South Bend, Ind., died at 11:20 p.m. on Sunday, March 4, in Hospice House, South Bend. He was born on Dec. 19, 1917, in Logansport, Ind., to the late Ethel (Warne) and Charles Yeakley. He was also preceded in death by a son, Robin Ray Yeakley, who was lost in action in June 1972, during the Vietnam War. On June 14, 1944, in Akron, Ind., he married Pauline Bradway, who survives. Mr. Yeakley is also survived by a daughter, Karen K. Brooks of South Bend; two sons, Joe J. Yeakley and his wife, Linda of Cedar, Minn., and Gary G. Yeakley and his wife, Yi Ping of Ontario, Calif. Other survivors of Mr. Yeakley are six grandchildren and six great- grandchildren; a sister, Anna L. Crain and her husband, John of Metea, Ind.; and two brothers, Glen Yeakley of Charlotte, N.C., and Wilbur Yeakley of Logansport, Ind. Mr. Yeakley worked for 32 years as a highway truck driver for Drewery's Limited, retiring in 1972, and was also the owner and manager of Bob's Radio and T.V. Service and Repair for 50 years. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, South Bend; was a lifetime member of Moose Lodge #58; and was a graduate of Ivy Tech, Fort Wayne, Ind.

 

Services for Mr. Yeakley will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 8, in Westminster Presbyterian

Church, 1501 W. Cleveland Road, South Bend. Rev. Daniel Clark and Rev. Harry Collier will conduct the services. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William Street, South Bend, and one hour prior to services in the church. Entombment will take place at Riverview Mausoleum. The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1501 W. Cleveland Road, South Bend, IN 46628; or to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637-3437.