Tracy Press, Friday, April 30, 2004
Yvonne Schroeder McGihon Gates
May 7, 1921 - April 16, 2004
A memorial service was held April 23 in San Landro for former Tracy resident and teacher Yvonne Schroeder McGihon Gates, 82, who died April 16 at Kaiser Hospital in Hayward.
Born in Berkeley, Mrs. Gates grew up in Tracy, where her father, Herbert Schroeder, was a Southern Pacific Railroad engineer. She attended Central, West Park, and Tracy High schools and graduated from Tracy High in 1938. She later married her high school sweetheart, Jack Gates.
After graduating from San Jose State University, her first teaching job was at Naglee School on Tracy Boulevard, then a one-room school with one student in every grade, and one teacher.
Mrs. Gates later moved to San Leandro, where she taught 28 years before retiring in 1981. She was a member of PEO, Questers, the Alta Mira Club, the San Leandro Garden Club and the First Presbyterian Church of San Leandro, where she served as an elder and deacon. She was also an avid bridge player. Mrs. Gates' favorite "club" consisted of a group of childhood friends from Tracy, who fondly referred to themselves as the "Dinosaurs."
Mrs. Gates is survived by a son and his wife of Redding, a daughter and her husband of San Leandro, and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Leonard McGihon and Dr. John Gates.
The memorial service was held at First Presbyterian Church in San Leandro. Santos-Robinson Mortuary, 160 Estudillo Ave., in San Leandro, handled arrangements.
Memorial contributions in Mrs. Gates' name may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 180 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro 94577; or to the Arthritis Foundation, 203 Willow St., San Francisco 94109.
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Note: Names of the survivors have been left out in the above biography but were listed in the original obituary.
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Yvonne Schroeder McGihon Gates
May 7, 1921 - April 16, 2004
A memorial service was held April 23 in San Landro for former Tracy resident and teacher Yvonne Schroeder McGihon Gates, 82, who died April 16 at Kaiser Hospital in Hayward.
Born in Berkeley, Mrs. Gates grew up in Tracy, where her father, Herbert Schroeder, was a Southern Pacific Railroad engineer. She attended Central, West Park, and Tracy High schools and graduated from Tracy High in 1938. She later married her high school sweetheart, Jack Gates.
After graduating from San Jose State University, her first teaching job was at Naglee School on Tracy Boulevard, then a one-room school with one student in every grade, and one teacher.
Mrs. Gates later moved to San Leandro, where she taught 28 years before retiring in 1981. She was a member of PEO, Questers, the Alta Mira Club, the San Leandro Garden Club and the First Presbyterian Church of San Leandro, where she served as an elder and deacon. She was also an avid bridge player. Mrs. Gates' favorite "club" consisted of a group of childhood friends from Tracy, who fondly referred to themselves as the "Dinosaurs."
Mrs. Gates is survived by a son and his wife of Redding, a daughter and her husband of San Leandro, and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Leonard McGihon and Dr. John Gates.
The memorial service was held at First Presbyterian Church in San Leandro. Santos-Robinson Mortuary, 160 Estudillo Ave., in San Leandro, handled arrangements.
Memorial contributions in Mrs. Gates' name may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 180 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro 94577; or to the Arthritis Foundation, 203 Willow St., San Francisco 94109.
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Note: Names of the survivors have been left out in the above biography but were listed in the original obituary.
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Tracy Press, Friday, April 30, 2004
Yvonne Schroeder McGihon Gates
May 7, 1921 - April 16, 2004
A memorial service was held April 23 in San Landro for former Tracy resident and teacher Yvonne Schroeder McGihon Gates, 82, who died April 16 at Kaiser Hospital in Hayward.
Born in Berkeley, Mrs. Gates grew up in Tracy, where her father, Herbert Schroeder, was a Southern Pacific Railroad engineer. She attended Central, West Park, and Tracy High schools and graduated from Tracy High in 1938. She later married her high school sweetheart, Jack Gates.
After graduating from San Jose State University, her first teaching job was at Naglee School on Tracy Boulevard, then a one-room school with one student in every grade, and one teacher.
Mrs. Gates later moved to San Leandro, where she taught 28 years before retiring in 1981. She was a member of PEO, Questers, the Alta Mira Club, the San Leandro Garden Club and the First Presbyterian Church of San Leandro, where she served as an elder and deacon. She was also an avid bridge player. Mrs. Gates' favorite "club" consisted of a group of childhood friends from Tracy, who fondly referred to themselves as the "Dinosaurs."
Mrs. Gates is survived by a son and his wife of Redding, a daughter and her husband of San Leandro, and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Leonard McGihon and Dr. John Gates.
The memorial service was held at First Presbyterian Church in San Leandro. Santos-Robinson Mortuary, 160 Estudillo Ave., in San Leandro, handled arrangements.
Memorial contributions in Mrs. Gates' name may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 180 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro 94577; or to the Arthritis Foundation, 203 Willow St., San Francisco 94109.
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Note: Names of the survivors have been left out in the above biography but were listed in the original obituary.
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Yvonne Schroeder McGihon Gates
May 7, 1921 - April 16, 2004
A memorial service was held April 23 in San Landro for former Tracy resident and teacher Yvonne Schroeder McGihon Gates, 82, who died April 16 at Kaiser Hospital in Hayward.
Born in Berkeley, Mrs. Gates grew up in Tracy, where her father, Herbert Schroeder, was a Southern Pacific Railroad engineer. She attended Central, West Park, and Tracy High schools and graduated from Tracy High in 1938. She later married her high school sweetheart, Jack Gates.
After graduating from San Jose State University, her first teaching job was at Naglee School on Tracy Boulevard, then a one-room school with one student in every grade, and one teacher.
Mrs. Gates later moved to San Leandro, where she taught 28 years before retiring in 1981. She was a member of PEO, Questers, the Alta Mira Club, the San Leandro Garden Club and the First Presbyterian Church of San Leandro, where she served as an elder and deacon. She was also an avid bridge player. Mrs. Gates' favorite "club" consisted of a group of childhood friends from Tracy, who fondly referred to themselves as the "Dinosaurs."
Mrs. Gates is survived by a son and his wife of Redding, a daughter and her husband of San Leandro, and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Leonard McGihon and Dr. John Gates.
The memorial service was held at First Presbyterian Church in San Leandro. Santos-Robinson Mortuary, 160 Estudillo Ave., in San Leandro, handled arrangements.
Memorial contributions in Mrs. Gates' name may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 180 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro 94577; or to the Arthritis Foundation, 203 Willow St., San Francisco 94109.
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Note: Names of the survivors have been left out in the above biography but were listed in the original obituary.
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