Jean Eleanor Salmon Yates

Passed away peacefully, with her children by her side, at the Kingston General Hospital on Monday, December 31, 2018.

Jean Eleanor (Salmon) Yates, formally of Guelph, was the beloved wife of the late Keith Yates (2017) for over 50 years. Jean will be missed by her children, Paul of St. Catharines, ON and Susan (Matthew Davidson) of Stone Mills, ON and by her grandchildren Beatrix and Mary Jo Davidson. She will be remembered by her sister Peggy Lennox (Dave) of Centre Wellington, ON and by many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She is predeceased by her parents Benjamin and Eldrid (Copeland) Salmon and by her brother and sister-in-law John and

Shirley Salmon and by her sister-in-law Jean Costigan.

Jean was an avid sports enthusiast, who could often be found on the golf course or the curling rink. She was also a woman who wore many hats, from plumbing, baking pumpkin pies, dismantling a printing press, designing letterhead, knitting, gardening and solving puzzles. All with limitless patience and perseverance.

The family will receive their friends at the Gilbert MacIntyre and Son Funeral Home, Hart Chapel, 1099 Gordon St., Guelph on Monday, January 7, 2019 2-4 pm and 7-9 pm. A celebration of Jean’s life will take place in the funeral home chapel on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 2:00 pm.

As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Liver Clinic at the Hotel Dieu Hospital - Kingston Health Sciences Centre would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home, 519-821-5077, or condolences may be sent to www.gilbertmacintyreandson.com).