Noreta Colleen Haney

Noreta Colleen Haney of Wasilla, Alaska, passed away Nov. 21, 2025, in the care facility where she resided. Noreta was born March 19, 1938, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to parents John Leroy Hansen and J. Wilda Cameron.  

Mom had good memories, and maintained a close relationship with her relatives who remained once they moved to Moses Lake, Wash. Noreta finished her last year of High School at the Frontier School Building, which her children attended as the junior high.  

Noreta started work at U&I Sugar as a tour guide. When the sugar plant closed in the late 1970s, she was working as a lab supervisor. She also worked in the early days of Soil Test. She raised her children alongside her sister Maxine; the two were always together and referred to as “the sisters.”  

She married Michael Yearout and welcomed sons, Kurt, Paul, Steven and Craig. She and Mike divorced, and she later married Clem Haney of Moses Lake. Clem was good to her and everyone else. 

Noreta was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her church ancestry includes Willie and Martin Handcart Co. She attended the Rose Street Chapel her whole adult life.  

She was a resident of Moses Lake until her son and grandson moved her to be close to them in Alaska.   

Noreta was preceded in death by her parents, son Kurt, husband Clem, sister Maxine (Rulon Park), daughter Tonya Coykendall, and granddaughter Stacey, great-granddaughter Jamie, her eldest nephew, Gerald Brooks, and his brother, Scott.  

Her surviving family includes: son Paul Yearout, Anchorage, Alaska; Steve Yearout (Dorothy), Moses Lake; Craig Yearout (Heidi), Kansas; daughter Laurie Haney, Texas; son James Haney (Theda); daughter Athena Coykendall, Deer Park, Wash.; grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. Noreta was also a grand aunt. Special mention of grandson Chris Yearout (Brina) and their children for the great love, care and sacrifice given to their grandma, also, son Steve, who was by her side when she departed. And neighborhood son Shawn Finlay, who often ate at her dinner table throughout the years. 

Service is at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1036 W. Rose Ave., Moses Lake, WA 98837, on Dec. 6, 2025, at 2 p.m. Interment is at Pioneer Memorial Gardens, 14403 Road 2 NE, Moses Lake, WA 98837. See pioneermemorialgardens.com for obituary.