Shirlie Yates Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Shirlie Yates (Tulsa, Oklahoma), who passed away on August 16, 2019, at the age of 84, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Shirlie Yates to show support.
She was predeceased by : her parents, Claude Chauncey Ritchey and Ruth Elizabeth Graves Ritchey; her former life partner James Cleveland; her sister Alicia Ann Ash; and her nieces, Sherry Hadley Rice and Susannah Lee Schroder.
She is survived by : her husband John "Jack" Yates; her son Joe Cleveland (Terri) of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; her stepchildren, John Yates (Kathie) of Peel, Arkansas and Marianne Williams of Riverside, California; her sister Karen Turner (Tom) of Fort Worth, Texas; and her nieces and nephews, Christopher Laurence Hadley, James Kelly Cleveland Tulsa, Michael Carl Schoenfeldt, Patrick Charles Schoenfeldt, Melissa Cleveland McCorkle, Kathy Cleveland Black and Sand Springs. She is also survived by several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
