Brent DeMar Yeates

Brent DeMar Yeates was born on 10 February 1939. He was born in Logan UT to Farley and Irene Yeates and grew up in Ogden. He had one older brother, Louis, who is still alive, and two younger sisters, Janice and Karen, who predeceased their two older brothers. Brent graduated from Ogden High School, then earned a political science degree from Weber State and then a masters of political science from Utah State University. Brent also served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) in the Western States mission. Following college, Brent moved to Washington DC for a job with the federal government. He later became a real estate broker and pursued that career until retirement. While attending the Washington DC Singles Ward congregation, Brent met Kathryn Walton from Salt Lake City. They married in June 1970 and celebrated 52 years together last month. Brent and Kathryn lived in a small row house on Reservoir Road in Washington DC then later moved to the Wayside neighborhood in Vienna, Virginia, where they raised their four children, Jeffrey, Natalie, Ryan, and Doug. After 25 years in Vienna, kids mostly out of the house, Brent and Kathryn moved to a townhouse on a lake in Ashburn, Virginia where they enjoyed walking around the lake and watching the wildlife. Brent peacefully passed away in that townhouse in the late evening hours of July 10. Brent was a kind and attentive father and husband. Brent always rooted for his kids whether they were running track, playing the violin in the orchestra, the clarinet in the James Madison Band, or playing basketball. Brent enjoyed hearing and making a good joke and nearly always had a smile on his face. He was also a formidable game player, letting his kids win when they were little, of course, but was tough to beat when they were older, especially in family trivia games. He taught his kids to drive and was there when each one of them got their driver's licence. Brent served as a Bishop in the LDS Church three separate times in each location where he lived: Washington DC, Vienna, and Ashburn. In addition to his missionary service for the LDS Church as a young man in the western US, he served three more senior missions with Kathryn in Sacramento, CA, the Singapore Mission serving in East Malaysia, and locally in the DC area. Between and after these missions, Brent, with his wife, served in the Washington, D.C. temple. The three time Bishop, four time missionary, gracefully accepted the passing years, never once calling attention to himself and trying to gain adulation or praise. In the mornings, one would find Brent quietly studying and pondering scriptures by himself to start the day. His whole life, he quietly did what was asked of him and he did it well. Dad leaves behind a wife, Kathryn, four children, Jeffrey (Rebecca), Natalie Nanto (Brian), Ryan, and Doug, and seven grandchildren: Ella, Paul, Luke, and Sam Nanto; Avery and Dallin Yeates; and Sarah Yeates; his older brother, Louis; and a niece Jana, and nephew Lynn, children of his sister, Janice. Besides his family, Brent also leaves behind friends around the United States who mourn his passing. Farewell, devoted father, husband and friend, until we meet again. Memorial Service: Friday, 22 July 2022, 11am, Ashburn LDS Chapel, 21015 Claiborne Parkway, Ashburn, VA

Brent DeMar Yeates

February 10, 1939 - July 11, 2022