Janice Darlene (Courtney) Yates was born April 30, 1941 in Wray, Colorado to William H. and Effie (Maxwell) Courtney and passed away on September 6, 2012 at her home in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 71 years, 4 months, 7 days. Janice was a 1959 graduate of North High School in Denver, Colorado. She was united in marriage to Robert Lee Yates on July 19, 1964 at the Methodist Church in Seward, Nebraska. Janice helped with the Junior High MYF and attended the United Methodist Church. Janice was employed with Kolterman Ben Franklin in Seward and after moving to Lincoln, in 1965, she was employed at the Ben Franklin there. Janice was a longtime babysitter and cared for 96 children in the course of her years of childcare. Janice is preceded in death by her parents, William and Effie Courtney; her brother and sister-in-law, William and Fern Courtney; four sisters, Mary Cunningham, Mabel Middleton, Norma Rolfsmeier, Betty and her husband, Russ Endicott. Janice is survived by her husband, Robert L. "Bob" Yates, Lincoln; brother and sister-in-law, James and Willie Courtney, Laird, CO; brothers-in-law and wives, Dean and Marlene Yates, Seward, Dale and Carolyn Yates, David City; brother-in-law, Ben Rolfsmeier, Seward; numerous nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews and a host of friends. To this obituary we add our thoughts, prayers, and memories of life shared with Janice.