David A. Yeager

David A. Yeager, 67, of Keller Road, Benton (Fairmount Springs), died Saturday evening, March 8th, 2014 at Geisinger Bloomsburg Emergency Room after being stricken ill at his home. Born October 4, 1946 in Bloomsburg, he was a son of the late Lewis and Mae (Shultz) Yeager. He and his wife, Mae Ann (Keller) Yeager celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary on January 8th. Mr. Yeager was employed in road construction for many years and last worked for the Benton Foundry. He was a past fire chief for the Fairmount Township Fire Company and the North Mountain Fire Company. He was also a first responder for Fairmount Township Ambulance and the Sugarloaf Ambulance. He enjoyed calling Bingo for the North Mountain and Benton Fire Company Carnivals. Mr. Yeager had coached midget football for the Northwest Jets for several years and he enjoyed hunting and fishing. He enjoyed playing poker any chance that he could, especially with his special friends on Friday nights. He also enjoyed hosting cook-outs in his pavilion for family and friends. He volunteered to grill "several" hamburgers and hotdogs for several years at Clearbrook Lodge's Alumni Picnic. Surviving, in addition to his wife, Mae Ann, are his two daughters: Bobbi Donados and her husband, Jim, of Sewell, NJ; Pamela Carr and her husband, Clint, of Orangeville; 6 grandchildren: Tyler Yeager, Gabriel and Gavin Donados, Mackenzie, Tristin and Logan Carr; a sister, Dorothy Long and her husband, Charles of Catawissa; Albert Yeager and his wife, Nancy, of Catawissa and numerous nieces and nephews who considered him their "favorite" uncle. He was preceded in death by a brother, Joe Yeager. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 1 P. M. at the McMichael Funeral Home, Inc., 4394 Red Rock Road, Benton (S. R. 487) with Pastor Bonnie Yeager, officiating. Burial will be in Elan Memorial Park, Lime Ridge. A Viewing will be held Wednesday from 5 to 8 PM at McMichael's. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to St. Baldrick's Foundation for childhood cancer research: www.stbaldricksorg/participants/mypage/674953/2014 (under Gabe Donados who volunteers as a "shavee") or to Columbia Montour Home Hospice, 410 Glenn Ave., Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

David A. Yeager

October 4, 1946 - March 8, 2014