Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 3/19/1993

Thomas F. Yocum

October 1, 1952 – March 13, 1993

Thomas F. Yocum, 40, of Newport Beach CA, formerly of South Bend, died at 9:20pm Saturday in Western Medical Center, Santa Ana, CA, after an illness.  Mr. Yocum was a sales representative for three years for Custom Building Project, Seal Beach CA.

He was born October 1, 1952, in South Bend and lived in California since 1990.  On June 11, 1977, in Phoenix, he married Mary Smith.  She survives with his mother, Larraine Yocum of South Bend; three sisters, Melanie Sulok and Cynthia Pankin, both of Mishawaka, and Christine Yocum of South Bend; a brother, Patrick of Clinton IL; and a maternal grandmother, Cecelia O’Meara of South Bend. 

He was a graduate of St Joseph’s High School and Arizona State University and former member of Christ the King Catholic Church.

Services will be at noon Monday in Christ the King Catholic Church.  Burial will be in Southlawn Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5 to 8pm Sunday in Hickey Funeral Home, 17131 Cleveland Road.  Memorial contributions may be made to Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation, 922 Walnut St., Kansas City MO 64106.