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Submitted: 11/6/20 • Approved: 11/6/20 • Last Updated: 11/9/20 • R364276-G0-S3
"Bud"
October 8, 1937-February 13, 2002
Shared stone with Alice B. Blackmon
Married June 6, 1958
Photo, courtesy of Kay Marshall
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
STINNETT - Ira Bud "PaPa" Yake, 64, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Riverview Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Gillmore, pastor, and Bob Thomas, chaplain of Crown of Texas Hospice, officiating. Burial will be in Stinnett Cemetery by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Yake was born Oct. 8, 1937, in Borger. He was a third-generation cattle rancher.
Survivors include his wife, Alice; a son, Henry Yake of Dumas; three daughters, Faye Hooper, JoBeth Contreras and Melissa Russell, all of Borger; two brothers, Bill Yake and Cal "Runt" Yake, both of Stinnett; four sisters, Mary Gentry, Louise Sanders, Margie Lewis and Marsha Stout, all of Stinnett; and 10 grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101.
The family will be at the Yake Ranch 15 miles southwest of Stinnett.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 14, 2002
Contributed on 11/6/20 by neldapat
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