Christopher Scott Yoakam

Christopher Scott Yoakam born August 24,1974 went home to be with the Lord, January 3, 2022 at age 47.

He was a welder and pipefitter by trade and member of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 219. He graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School class of ‘93. He continued his education at Lincoln Electric obtaining certification for welding and also studied piping trades at Owens Community College class of 2005. He was an instructor at the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 219.

Some of his favorite things included his pitbull companions Angel and Iris, watching the Ohio State football games, and scuba diving in the Cayman Islands, Bahamas and Honduras as well as other locations, and also working on his house. 

Preceded in death by grandparents, and one aunt. He will be missed by parents Don and Bonnie Yoakam, sister Kelly Budd (Chad), niece Cheyenne Budd, nephew Christopher John / C.J. Budd and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

A celebration of life ceremony will be held at Northwest Avenue Church of Christ at 737 Northwest Ave, Tallmadge OH 44278 at 7pm Friday, January 14, 2022.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Northwest Avenue Church of Christ or Local 219.

Don’t grieve for me for now I’m free,
I’m following the path God laid for me.
I took His hand when I heard Him call:
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way;
I found my place at the close of day.

If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joys.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Ah yes, these things I too shall miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow:
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full, I savoured much;
Good friends, good times, a loved ones touch.  Perhaps my life seemed all too brief:
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me;
God wanted me now, He set me free.

John 11:25-26
New International Version

 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;

and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Services in care of The Billow Funeral Homes and Crematory, Falls Chapel, 1907 23rd Street, Cuyahoga Falls, OH  44223.

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