Kristie C Yarnall

Kristie C. Yarnall, from Newark, Delaware, passed away surrounded by her loving family on April 12, 2022 at the age of 72. Born in Milford, Delaware on May 13, 1949, Kristie was the daughter of the late Disston M. and Gertrude Clarke Carter. She lived in Milford until they moved to the St. George’s area where she started school. It was at Gunning Bedford High School in her junior year that she met Jerry and the love story started. Married at 20, Kristie was a stay-at-home mother to her two children until they began school when she decided to go back herself. She attended Delaware Technical & Community College and graduated in 1985 with her Associates in Nursing. She started her career at the old Wilmington Hospital and ended up working for Christiana Care Health Systems for 31 years. Kristie earned her certification as an RN II in PICC Nursing and helped to establish the first PICC team at CCHS. Her research helped to change the scope of practice for PICC nursing in the state of Delaware. She was a continuous advocate for her patients and co-workers. While she was known for being a great nurse, Kristie was more well loved for being the solid and nurturing center of her family, both immediate and extended. She was the one that they turned to for help and advice and she was the keeper of family traditions. Kristie was even busier in her retirement than she was working because she had many hobbies. Taking care of and spending time with her family was first and foremost, but she loved sewing and crocheting, as well as bird watching. Her happy place was the ocean and she loved being at the beach which directly led to her love of lighthouses. Kristie loved working with her hands and had a green thumb. She could grow any plant and always planted the most gorgeous flowers every year. Predeceased by her parents, Kristie is survived by the love of her life, her husband of 52 years, Jerry M. Yarnall. Their life together was an example to their family and friends of how hard work and laughter brought you through tough times. Also surviving are daughter Tylitha N. Y. Curles of Newark, De, son and daughter-in-law Heath and Tabitha Yarnall of Perryville, Md, grandchildren Kody Yarnall, Zack Curles, Becca Mae Yarnall, and Gabriel Curles, sister and brother-in-law Karen Carter and Greg Estep, brother and sister-in-law Wayne and Marianne Carter, sister and brother-in-law Kandace and Art Boone, and mother-in-law Christine Yarnall, as well as many nieces and nephews and close friends. Visitation will be on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, from 1-2pm at Perryville Fire Company’s Minker Hall, 920 Principio Furnace Rd, Perryville, MD 21903. A memorial service will begin at 2pm. Flowers may be sent to Perryville Fire Company, but the family would prefer that donations be made in Kristie’s name to the Pancreatic Cancer Research Center Fund at Penn Medicine https://giving.apps.upenn.edu/fund?program=MC&fund=840853 or by calling Andrew Bellet at 215-573-0548.

Kristie C Yarnall

May 13, 1949 - April 12, 2022