Mackenzie Marie Yates of Crawfordsville passed away Tuesday night, June 22, 2026, at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis, having just turned 14 nine days earlier.
Born June 13, 2012, at Franciscan Hospital in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of Caleb Yates and Amanda Carver Yates. She was getting ready to start her freshman year of high school.
Surviving family includes: mother Amanda Yates; sister Grace Yates; grandpa Mike Peterson; uncle Jonathon Acres; uncle and aunt, Joseph and Brittney Wilson; and six cousins that she was close with, Dominic Wilson, Karson Swazay, Mia Wilson, Rilynn Hill, Elena Acres and Oakley Hill.
She was preceded in death by her dad, Caleb Yates and grandmother Rita Peterson.
Visitation will be 1-3 p.m. Saturday, June 27 at Burkhart Funeral Home, 201 W. Wabash Ave., Crawfordsville.
Online condolences may be made at www.BurkhartFH.com.
