Max Yeaman

1932 - 2024

Max Yeaman
11/24/1932 - 08/24/2024
Max W. Yeaman
November 24, 1932 – August 24, 2024
Max W. Yeaman, 91, of Carmel Valley, Calif., passed away on August 24, 2024. He was a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather, and a kind-hearted friend, and he will be missed dearly.
Max spent his childhood in Utah and Calif. As the son of a music teacher, he was taught the value of diligence and a good education. He graduated from Vallejo High School in 1950, and from the University of California at Berkeley in 1954, with a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology. He served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army in Germany, from 1954-1956, before returning to the U.S. to attend medical school at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He completed his medical training in Calif., and ran a successful urology practice in San Leandro, from 1965-1998, serving terms as president of the medical staffs at both San Leandro Memorial Hospital and Doctors' Hospital of San Leandro. Max and his wife of 44 years, Barbara, spent their retirement in Carmel Valley, hosting friends and family frequently.
Max enjoyed a lifelong love of music, particularly piano performance and composition. He also was an avid reader of non-fiction, educating himself in his favorite topics of history, evolution, and theology. He loved travel, sports, hiking, and nature. He was a docent at Garland Ranch in the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District and at Point Sur Lighthouse. He is also a Lifetime Member of the International Club of Carmel. He will be remembered as a generous and loving Papa to his grandchildren, introducing them to Yellowstone National Park and taking them on regular outings to the local park and coffee house.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara (Boyd) in 2008; and his brother, Harold in 2003.
Max is survived by his four children, Bradley (Deborah) Yeaman, Valerie Yeaman, Rachel (Clay) Ross, and Evan (Nicole) Yeaman; eight grandchildren: Natalie, Philip, Dhandara, Isabela, Whitney, Braydon, Ryan, and Emma; four great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, JoAnne Yeaman; brother-in-law, Robert Boyd; and his first wife, Cynthia Bradford.
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