Murphy Funeral Home obituary - Yolanda Lee Cheek (Sam), 80, formerly of Fort Madison

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Yolanda Lee Cheek (Sam), age 80, of Mt. Pleasant Iowa, formerly of Fort Madison, passed away Friday June 1, surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 23, 1937 to Eugene Bruno and Wanda (Coppage) Eicher.

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Sam enjoyed many years of her life working as a bartender, where she loved socializing and meeting new people; she never met a stranger. Following her years bartending, she began working for Trailmobile Trailers in Jonesboro, Arkansas; a job she always said she loved. She enjoyed baking cookies and other goodies for everyone in her department.

Sam always put everyone’s feelings and needs above her own and would do anything she could to help out others whether family, friend, or stranger. Her heart was pure gold and she will be missed by anyone that was blessed to have met her.

Sam is survived by her five children, Mike (Laura) Yaunk of Corpus Christi, TX, Chuck (Kayla) Yaunk of Pensacola, FL, Cory (Yvonne) Yaunk of Cape Coral FL, Lee (Chuck) Vandenberg of Fort Madison, and Kelly (Mike) Holdefer of Mt. Pleasant; brothers Ronald (Mary Ann) Bruno of Iowa City, Rick Eicher of Le Claire; and sisters Phyllis (Leonard) Anderson and Connie Clark of Fort Madison. She also leaves behind seventeen grandchildren, Mikey Yaunk, Jason Yaunk, Charlie Tunstall, Tara Farris, Sara McMorris, David McDowell, Samantha Douglas, Chad Yaunk, Stephanie L. Yaunk, Danielle Yaunk, Austin Taylor, Kelsey Vandenberg, Taylor Vandenberg, Sean VanTiger, Samantha Dowell, Paul Holdefer, and Jared Holdefer as well as nineteen great grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers Rio Bruno and Pete Eicher and grandchildren Amy Yaunk and Cody Morgan.

Graveside services will be held at Oakland Cemetery in Fort Madison on Wednesday June 6th at 11:30 AM, followed by a Celebration of Life at the Eagles in Fort Madison.

Flowers should be sent to the Services for Yolanda Cheek, c/o Murphy Funeral Home, 408 N. Broadway, Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641 for delivery to the cemetery.

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