Yvette

Alves

Yvette Alves was born in the Bronx, New York, along with her twin sister, Anettte Alves, on August 13, 1959. They were born to Inez J Alves and Harvey Brewington.After Yvette Alves graduated from high school, she met Daryl Phelps. They later married and had their daughter, Taleah Phelps. After Taleah was born, Yvette Alves enlisted in the Armed Services. After she was honorably discharged from the Army, she began working for the City of New York Traffic Division. After working there for ten years, she transferred tot he Department of Sanitation, where she retired in 2012 after more than a decade of service to the City of New York.Yvette Alves was a devoted member of Salvation and Deliverance Church for over thirty years. She also recently completed Bible College. She was a kind and loving person who would always go above and beyond to help others without being asked.Yvette always looked for the joy in things. She enjoyed reading,drawing, being at church, and spending time with the ones she loved: her daughter, Taleah Phelps-Jones, her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren.Yvette was an animal lover, and she donated to charities to help those in need. She would put herself out of the way just so someone else would have.She is loved and will be greatly missed by her friends, church family, her daughter, Taleah Phelps-Jones; son-in-law, LeslieJones; granddaughters, Celisse Burns, Wisdom Phelps, Zyasiah Phelps, and Zynijah Phelps; grandson, Navone Burns, and great-grandchildren, Annette Phelps and Azaliyahs Phelps