Faye S. Yates, 68, died July 28, 2006, in her Lakeview apartment. She grew up in Detroit and studied English and psychology at the University of Michigan. After graduation, she went to the University of Wyoming, where she taught and also received a master's degree in English. After a short stint as a sports writer for a small local newspaper while living in Ames, Iowa, she became an English professor at Iowa State University and later held a public relations position there. For the past five years, she was vice president of development and communications at The Wetlands Initiative, a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Chicago that is dedicated to wetland restoration. A member of the Literary Club since 2003, she was a talented writer with a wide range of interests.