WalterJosephYates,76,ofLancaster,passedawayonFriday,April26th,2019athisresidence.JoewasborninLancaster,OhioonOctober30th,1942tothelateWalterE.andMildredI.Yates.Joewasa1960GraduateofLancasterHighSchoolandhadretiredfromAnchorHocking.JoehadalsoworkedforHalteman-Fett&DyerFuneralHome,aswellastheFairfieldCountySheriff'sOffice.Joeissurvivedbyhislovingdaughters,LisaJo(Jeff)Klopfer,SusanBeth(Blaine)Flowers,andHeidiLynn(Jimmy)Yates;aswellasgrandchildren,Kaitlin(Josh)Layne,EmilyFlowers,andSarahKlopfer;heisalsosurvivedbymanyotherlovingfamilymembersandhisgoodfriend,Pat.FuneralserviceswillbeheldonMonday,April29th,2019at10:30AMattheHALTEMAN-FETT&DYERFUNERALHOMEwithPastorCharlesWheatleyofficiating.BurialistofollowatForestRoseCemeteryinLancaster.FriendsandfamilymayvisitonSundayfrom1PM-3PM&5PM-7PMatthefuneralhome.