Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  MALENA ROSE YATES

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MALENA ROSE YATES

OCNS - September 15, 2000 - Pawhuska resident, Malena Rose Yates, 21, 
passed away Friday, September 15, from injuries sustained in an automobile 
accident east of SH 99 on Nelagoney Road, east of Pawhuska.

Malena was born June 12, 1979, to Paul E. and Cheryl R. (Hill) Yates, Jr., 
in Lawton, Oklahoma.

She was an Intake Specialist for the Osage Nation Tribal TANIF (Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Indian Families) program.

Surviving are: her parents, Paul E. Yates, Jr., of Pawhuska, and Cheryl R. 
Yates of Tulsa, Oklahoma; her sister, Alicia Marie Yates and her paternal 
grandmother, Eva Yates both of Pawhuska; her maternal grandmother, Freda 
Mitchell of Sacramento, California; her maternal step-grandmother, Gwen 
Hill of Sisseton, South Dakota; aunts and uncles, Everett and Marian 
Waller of Hominy, Oklahoma; James and Shelley Yates of Nelagoney, 
Oklahoma; Deborah Hair of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Barbara Dale of 
Pawhuska; Richard A. Hill of Dallas, Texas; Luana R. Hill and Kenton M. 
Johnson, both of Sacramento; Darold J. Hill, Alan Morrefette, and Kenny 
Morrefette, all of Sisseton, South Dakota; Harold Hill of Sioux Falls, 
South Dakota; Iris Hill of Eagle Butte, South Dakota; Mary Lou Good 
Teacher, Harold Dean Hill and Barbara Hill, all of Aberdeen, South Dakota, 
and a host of other relatives and friends.

Malena was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Paul E. Yates, 
Sr., and her maternal grandfather, Harold G. Hill.

Services will be held Monday, September 18, at 10:00 a.m., at the Wakon 
Iron Community Center, Indian Camp, Pawhuska, with Mongrain Lookout 
officiating.

Interment will be in the Nelagoney Cemetery under the direction of Johnson 
Funeral Directors.