Yewell Willis Steinmetz passed away Friday surrounded by his devoted family after a courageous 10 month battle with Blastic plasmocytoid dendritic cell neoplasm a rare form of leukemia. He was born in Evansville, Indiana on December 20, 1946. He lived 10 years in Springfield, Ohio moving to Ft. Wayne after attending Bowling Green University. He enlisted in the Army and served in Viet Nam. Yewell was a fixture in the local arts community. He was a master craftsman who helped restore the Scagliola in the Allen County Courthouse. His passions were the Allen County Library, Starbucks downtown, art, and his cat Booboo. He touched many lives in Ft. Wayne and was known as a kind and loving "special character". He took pride in restoring his home "house of Do Dads".

He is survived by sisters, Manelle (Geoff) Williams, Von Marie (David) Eklund, brothers, Sam (Zaya) Steinmetz and Jim (Kim) Kephart, a daughter, Allison (Paul) Lehto and granddaughter, Madison and several nieces and nephews.

There will be a memorial held at Columbia Street West,
135 West Columbia St. on Sunday October 18, 2015 beginning at 1:00 p.m. All who knew and were touched by Yewell are invited to come and share the memories.