Young-Hee Yedinak

Young-Hee Yedinak,

CJI Board Member/Indy Asian American Times

64, of Indianapolis, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2020. Young-Hee
was born in Seoul, South Korea and has lived in Indonesia and Vietnam before
moving to the United States; eventually calling Indianapolis, IN home.
Young-Hee was an award-winning media professional. She was a bridge
builder who was passionate about bringing people together to create impact
for the community. Young-Hee had more than three decades of television
experience in promotion, production and community affairs largely through
her work with WTHR-TV Channel 13 in Indianapolis. During her extensive
career, Young-Hee had won a number of awards for her media work, including
Emmy Awards from the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences;
Spectrum Awards from the Indiana Broadcasters Association; and Community
Impact Awards from the Indiana Associated Press. Young-Hee also was a board
member for several Indianapolis community organizations. Young-Hee was
extremely passionate about her Asian heritage, recently serving as the
association President in the Asian American Alliance and the Vice President
of the Korean American Association. Young-Hee personally loved to
travel, having visited 15+ countries. Taking every opportunity to practice
her fluency of four languages. However, she would often comment that her
love of the Midwest, specifically a family home in Michigan was her happy
place.
Young-Hee resided in Indianapolis and is survived by her husband, Jim;
daughter, Tracy; son-in-law, Nick; grandson, Ben; parents, Zung-Kyong Kang
and Yoon-Hee Kim; brothers, Young-Hoon, Young-Chan and Young-Jae;
sisters-in-law, Stephanie, Monica and Carol. As well as niece, Gina;
nephews, Jonathan, Andrew, Christopher and Matthew; and god-daughter,
Cybele.
Young-Hee’s wonderful spirit, joy and talents will be celebrated
during a Celebration of Life visitation, Thursday, March 5, 2020 from 4:00
p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Shirley Brothers Fishers-Castleton Chapel, 9900
Allisonville Rd. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday,
March 6, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Spirit at Geist Catholic Church, 10350
Glaser Way, Fishers.