Robert Louis Yates
1906 - 1984 (78 years)
Generation: 1
1. Robert Louis Yates was born on 12 Feb 1906 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; died on 12 Oct 1984 in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri. Other Events:
- Occupation: teacher, school superintendent
- Census: 1940, San Jose, Mason County, Illinois
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MHR note:
Robert was superintendent of schools, San Jose, Illinois, 1940. He graduated from Augusta high school in 1921 and B.S. Culver-Stockton in 192__. M.A. from University of Illinois (Urbana) in 1937. Received at Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He was superintendent in Camden, Illinois for four years; Smithfield for five years; Mequon for two years. Theta Kappa Nu (Culver-Stockton).
Lexington - Robert L. Yates, 78, Lexington, died Friday at a hospital here. He was born in Houston and had lived in Lexington 15 years. Mr. Yates had been superintendent of schools in the Illinois cities of Minonk, Atlanta, Cuba and San Jose. He taught in the junior college at Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, for five years before he retired in 1974. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Minonk. He was a Mason and a member of the Lexington Country Club, the American Association of Retired Persons and the Illinois Retired Teachers Association. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lois Yates of the home; a son, Roger Yates, Galveston, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. Patricia Arthur, Lexington; a brother, Charles Yates, Reedsville, Va.; a sister, Mrs. Maxine Robinson, Seattle; and four grandchildren. Memorial services will be at 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Lexington United Methodist Church; cremation. The family suggests contributions to the Lexington United Methodist Church memorial fund.
The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, Missouri. Saturday, 13 October 1984.
Robert married Lois Lavinah Firebaugh on 24 Jul 1930 in San Jose, Mason County, Illinois. Lois (daughter of Charles Ezra Firebaugh and Alice Felicia Hedges) was born on 18 Jan 1903 in Jasper County, Indiana; died on 25 Jan 2001 in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri; was cremated in location of ashes unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]