Dean Yeager

Dean Yeager
ELDRED — Dean Yeager, 71, of Prentisvale Road, passed away Sunday (July 3, 2016) at home surrounded by his family following a lengthy illness.
Born May 18, 1945, in Bradford, he was a son of Herbert and Velma Westover Yeager.
Dean was a 1963 graduate of Otto-Eldred High School.
Mr. Yeager was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and served during the Vietnam era. He was employed for many years as a “breadman” delivery truck driver for Stroehmann Bread in Olean, N.Y. He was later employed by Lowe’s and Wal-Mart stores in North Carolina and Olean until his retirement.
Dean was a member of St. Mary’s Church in Sartwell and St. Raphael Church in Eldred, where he also served as a lector and Eucharistic minister and was a member of the Knights of Columbus Father Harlan Davis Council #3728.
Dean enjoyed sports, playing baseball and basketball and watching football. He loved watching his grandchildren’s sporting events and his favorite baseball team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. He had also started and participated in his own Watashe-Dean Softball League in the Eldred-Olean area.
Surviving are four sons, Leonard Dean Yeager of Atlanta, Ga., Douglas (Cindy) Yeager of Olean, Mark (Shannon) Yeager of Dayton, Tenn., and Michael Iresabal of Olean; three daughters, Kelly (Don) Rigsbee of Timberlake, N.C., Rachel (Mark) Wright of Mount Jewett and Deena (Justin) Watts of Duke Center; 11 grandchildren, Khristine, Derik, Karissa, Bryant, Hailey, Marcus, Chelsea, Markus, Kelsey, Helena and Naelynn; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Herbert “Red” (Nancy) Yeager of Rew and Robert Edward (Nancy) Yeager of Prentisvale; and many nieces and nephews, one of whom, Rick Yeager of Derrick City, was like a brother to Dean. Also surviving is his lifelong friend, Jim Freer of Washington state.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Frame Funeral Home, Eldred. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Raphael Church in Eldred with the Rev. Thomas E. Brown as celebrant. Burial will follow in McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Otto-Eldred Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, care of Cattaraugus Community Foundation, 101 North Union St., Olean, N.Y. 14760.
Online condolences may be made at www.framefuneralhome.com.

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