Pamela Waters Yale

Pamela Waters Yale, passed away on the 12th of February 2011 at the Houston Hospice in the Texas Medical Center. She was born on the 25th of September 1947 in Dallas, Texas, to Jeanne Dwelle Waters and Lindsley Waters, Jr.

She was preceded in death by her father and is survived by her husband of thirty-nine years, William Dickinson Yale, Jr., her two sons, William Dickinson Yale III and Matthew Treadwell Yale, all of Houston, and her mother, Jeanne Dwelle Waters of San Antonio.

Pam is also survived by her sisters Priscilla Waters Trawick and husband Jack Sid Trawick of San Antonio, Penelope Waters Clark and husband William Allen Clark of Asheville, North Carolina, and her brother, Lindsley Waters III and his wife Barbara Marsh Waters of Dallas, her sisters-in-law Patricia Yale Hogan Korge and husband Fred Korge of Houston and Ara Yale Davis and husband Dwight Davis of Austin, numerous cousins, nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews, and long-time friend and caregiver Bernice Cole and husband Arthur Cole of Houston.

She attended the University of Texas in Austin, where she and her future husband met, and then worked for American Airlines. Pam and Dick were married in Dallas at her parents' home on the 8th of September 1972, and then settled in Houston.

Pam was an active supporter of the Scouting program at her church, The Church of St. John the Divine, serving as a Den Leader in Pack 55 and a Troop Committee Member and Merit Badge Counselor for Troop 55 where her sons earned the rank of Eagle Scout. She also served as a volunteer for CanCare, the West University Little League, and at her sons' schools including Annunciation Orthodox School, Episcopal High School and St. John 's School. Pam had a real soft spot in her heart for those who volunteer and who put others before self.

In addition to her volunteer duties, Pam loved to cook, to travel, and to visit with her many friends and their sons and daughters, all of whom she would treat as equals and advise and counsel as needed. She enriched the lives of all who knew her. But above all she loved and cared for her husband and her two sons.

Pam's family wishes to acknowledge the doctors, nurses and caregivers at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the Houston Hospice whose attentive and compassionate care sustained Pam in her final days.

The memorial service is to be conducted at eleven o'clock in the morning on Monday, the 21st of February, at The Church of St. John the Divine, 2450 River Oaks Boulevard in Houston, where the Rev. Dr. Laurens A. Hall, Rector, and the Rev. Dr. Douglas W. Richnow, Senior Associate Rector, are to officiate. Immediately following, all are invited to greet the family during a reception in the adjacent Scout Room.

In lieu of customary remembrances, those wishing to remember Pam may wish to consider contributions to the Troop 55 Eagle Scholarship Fund in care of Kathy Golvach, St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, 2450 River Oaks Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77019-5898 or [email protected]; CanCare, 9575 Katy Freeway, Suite 428, Houston, TX, 77024 or www.cancare.org; or to the charity of one's choice.