James D. Yates
Longtime Capistrano Beach resident and Saddleback College Professor Emeritus, James D. Yates, passed away from lung cancer at age 80. Jim would want it known that he never smoked, but life is full of vagaries. Jim was born in Boston, Mass. On Oct. 26, 1940 to James Allen Yates and Victoria Pulitano Yates. His father and uncle Orin perished on March 7, 1942 when the USS Sims was sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Two months later, Jim's mother gave birth to Jim's brother, Orin Guy Yates. Eleven months later Jim's mother took Jim and Orin to his paternal grandparents' farm ...
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