She was born May 9, 1937 in Honolulu, Hawaii. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ida Mae graduated from Judge Memorial High School and attended and worked at the University of Utah where she met and married Ted Yellen. They moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where their first son, Joe, was born, then to Washington D.C. where their second son, Grant, was born.
The family later moved to San Diego where they lived for the next 33 years. Upon Ted's retirement they moved to Caldwell, Idaho.
Ida Mae was very active in her sons' education, their participation in sports. In 1981, she served as the first female president of the La Mesa National Little League.
She was an accomplished hula dancer and loved organizing get togethers with family and friends. She loved to play card games and was active in volunteer work, the most recent was with the West Valley Hospital in Caldwell.
Funeral services will be held December 15 at Santa Sophia Church in Casa De Oro, Calif.
Published in Idaho Press Tribune on December 10, 2011
She was born May 9, 1937 in Honolulu, Hawaii. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ida Mae graduated from Judge Memorial High School and attended and worked at the University of Utah where she met and married Ted Yellen. They moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where their first son, Joe, was born, then to Washington D.C. where their second son, Grant, was born.
The family later moved to San Diego where they lived for the next 33 years. Upon Ted's retirement they moved to Caldwell, Idaho.
Ida Mae was very active in her sons' education, their participation in sports. In 1981, she served as the first female president of the La Mesa National Little League.
She was an accomplished hula dancer and loved organizing get togethers with family and friends. She loved to play card games and was active in volunteer work, the most recent was with the West Valley Hospital in Caldwell.
Funeral services will be held December 15 at Santa Sophia Church in Casa De Oro, Calif.
Published in Idaho Press Tribune on December 10, 2011
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