Yolanda Veet, a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend, passed away at 97 years “young”. The former Yolanda Santilli, she was married to Jackie Veet until his death in 1989. She was the daughter of the late Bernard and Josephine (Clauso) Santilli and was a member of Most Precious Blood Church, Hazleton.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her siblings, Dominick (Perry) and Frank Santilli, Marion Fluri, Bette Marion, and Bernice Mariano.
She is survived by her children Bernell Crooks, Richard, Jack and Nancy Veet, 14 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Yolanda enjoyed making meatballs, playing cards, bowling, watching football and the New York Yankees but most of all spending time with her family.
Her Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday at 10 A.M. in Most Precious Blood Church, Hazleton. Burial will be in Most Precious Blood Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday at the Joseph A. Moran Funeral Home, 229 W. 12th St., Hazleton, from 6-8 P.M.