Mildred Slaughter

December 12, 2015

>> Our family lost our matriarch on December 12, 2015. At age 98, Mildred Slaughter (Kammer) Yeo of Victorville went home to be with her Lord and Savior in the loving presence of her family. We are sure she's now in Heaven, rearranging it to suit her and dusting the pearly gates. She was the most unintentionally funny person ever, having asked the hospice nurse last week "if you have congestive heart failure, when you die your heart just stops and you go to sleep, right?" The nurse said no, and told her what really happens. Mildred said "Well, that's not what I had in mind at all". >> For many years she hosted Christmas Eve when family and friends exchanged stockings. The family and circle of friends grew so big that there was no longer room to hang them, so she just figured it out and welcomed the new additions. Her absence will be sorely felt this Christmas, but many of us plan to make her traditional meal of t-burgers and split pea soup in her honor. >> Mildred was preceded in death by husbands Edward H Kammer and Richard Yeo, grandson Guy Hanson (Diane), and grandson Jeff Camarena (Janice) and great grandson Justin Camarena. She is survived by a sister, Joy (John) Zellers, daughters Marianne Saur, Linda Camarena (Gabe), Linda Grace Fager, and Pamela Tucker; grandsons/granddaughters Bill Hanson (Susan), Donna Jensen (Bryce), Michael Saur (Karen), Paul Camarena (Geri), Sherry Howard (Ralph), and numerous great- and great-great grands. >> Following cremation at Kern Hesperia Mortuary, her ashes will join those of her beloved husband Richard in Lake Havasu, AZ, a place she loved. As per her wishes, no formal service is planned. >> Rest in peace, Mildred, and know you are living in our memories and our hearts