Carol Rose Yurkas

Carol Rose (Brown) Yurkas, wife, mother and friend to all, passed peacefully in her sleep after a long battle with cancer. Carol was born February 7,1941 to Violet and Walter Brown in Aberdeen. She began her life on the family farm in Hoquiam. The oldest of seven she grew up in a loving family of modest means. She learned from an early age to be frugal and resourceful. She was very much the second mother to her siblings as both her parents had to work and she was put in charge of the child care.

She married her husband, Gary E. Yurkas on September 17, 1963 in Aurora, CO. He was the love of her life, her soul mate as she often told others. Carol proceeded to bring three children into the world: Gary, LeAnn, and Paula. She raised them to be good moral Christians, as she was a devout Catholic and very firm in her beliefs.

She is survived by her husband; three children; six brothers and sisters; nine grandchildren; and countless other family members. She will forever be missed, as she touched the lives of all that she met.

A funeral mass will be held for Carol at 12:00 pm on July 14, 2010 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Olympia. Internment will follow at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Tumwater.