Yvette Askins was born on March 14, 1964, to Lillian and Joseph Askins Sr. She was a devoted mother, loving sister, proud grandmother, loyal friend, and a mother figure to many. Yvette lived a life centered on family, compassion, and caring for others.

Yvette received her education at P.S. 100, I.S. 201, and Charles Evans Hughes High School. After spending years caring for her mother and grandmother, she discovered her passion for caring for the elderly.

She began working as a home health aide with Partners in Care while attending school to earn her CNA license. Even while raising five elementary-school-aged children, Yvette was determined to further her education and pursue her calling. After earning her CNA license, she continued caring for others at Daughters of Jacob Nursing Home.

Despite her busy schedule, Yvette never missed a school event, performance, or show, and she was present at every parent-teacher conference. Her children always knew they could count on her. She was their biggest supporter, protector, and source of unconditional love.

Family was everything to Yvette. She loved cooking, playing board games, traveling, and spending quality time with the people she loved. Just like her mother, Lillian, Yvette would feed anyone who asked and anyone she knew was in need. Her specialties included her famous fried chicken, seafood salad, and jerk turkey.

Yvette was also a mother figure to many, always reminding those around her to be kind, loving, and respectful. She offered a listening ear to her children’s friends, her own friends, and family members. But if you knew Yvette, you also knew she was going to tell you the truth, whether you wanted to hear it or not! She never held back when it came to speaking her mind.

Her motherly nature sometimes meant being a little pushy, even with her older siblings, but everyone who knew her understood that it came from a place of love. Some called it stubbornness, but that was simply Yvette being Yvette.

Even when illness became part of her life, Yvette refused to let it stop her from living. Her oxygen machine did not limit her spirit. She continued taking cruises and vacations, planning family functions, and attending talk shows. Yvette was determined to spend her time doing the things she loved with the people who mattered most.

Yvette was preceded in death by her beloved parents, Lillian and Joseph Askins Sr., and her brother, Joseph Askins Jr. Even while experiencing the pain of losing those she loved, she continued to comfort and care for the people around her.

Yvette leaves to cherish her memory her five children, Lamont, Marissa, Tanya, Justin, and Dever; her granddaughter, Kennedy; her beloved dog, Diva; her sister, Dorothy; her brother, Rodney; her cousins, Patrick and George; her nephews, Danny and Lil Rodney; her nieces, Zandria, Robin, and Shanygne; her sister-in-law, Michelle; her best friend, Gloria; her beloved 140th Street family; and a host of extended family members and dear friends.

Yvette will be remembered for her caring heart, outspoken personality, delicious cooking, and, most of all, the way she always showed up for the people she loved. Her love, strength, honesty, and generous spirit will live on in everyone whose life she touched