Pearl J. Yates, 75, Spruce Manor, West Reading, died Aug. 2, 2007, at 6 p.m. in Reading Hospital. She was the widow of John A. Yates, who passed away May 16, 1986.
Born in Temple, she was a daughter of the late John I. Spayd and Erma M. (Keller) Spayd.
She is survived by two sisters, Mary E. (Spayd) Bohn, State Hill; and Ida M. (Spayd) Deissler, Leesport; and a brother, John E. Spayd, South Temple.
Whelan-Schwartz Funeral Home, Reading, is in charge of arrangements. www.whelanschwartz.com