NAPPANEE – John William Yeater, 78, of Chandler, Ariz., and formerly of Milford and Nappanee, died July 10, 2013. He was born Feb. 20, 1935, in New Paris to Waldo Emerson and Nellie Viola Ebeling Yeater. On Sept. 8, 1956, he married Patricia Elaine Slabaugh, who survives. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Wawasee Community Bible Church, Milford, followed by a luncheon and fellowship until 2 p.m.