From Steve Floor

 

South Bend Tribune

Monday January 04, 1982

 

 

SANDRA LEA (GWIN) YOHO

08/12/1947  - 01/02/1982

 

    Services for Mrs. SANDRA LEA (GWIN) YOHO, 34, of 4124 W. Cleveland Road, formerly of Buchanan, Michigan, who died Saturday at Unity Hospital, Buchanan, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church, where she was a member.  Rev. CHARLES REED, Pastor, will officiate.  Burial will be in Mission Hill Memorial Gardens, Niles.

Friends may call from 3:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Hoven Funeral Home, Buchanan.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Child Evangelism Fellowship or to the church.

    She was born on Aug. 12, 1947, in Springfield, MO. She lived in the Buchanan area most of her life.  On June 28, 1970, in Buchanan, she married WILLIAM YOHO, who survives.  Also surviving are a son, Randy YOHO at home, a stepson, Bill YOHO of Lafayette, Ind; a sister, Mrs. BLAIR (SHARON) KNAAK of Niles; a brother, SSgt. RON GWIN of the U.S. Air Force, based in North Dakota; and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. OTIS GWIN of Buchanan.  She had been a teacher in the South Bend Community School Corp. since 1969 and was a second grade teacher at Harrison Elementary School at the time of her death.  She had also taught second grade at Wilson and Navarre elementary schools.

 

 

South Bend Tribune

Tuesday, January 05, 1982

 

"Harrison closing for teacher funeral"

Harrison School will be closed Wednesday so children may attend the funeral of teacher, Mrs. SANDRA LEA (GWIN) YOHO, 34, of 4124 W. Cleveland, formerly of Buchanan, who died Saturday.  Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Calvary Baptist Church, Rev. CHARLES REED, pastor, will officiate.  Burial will be in Mission Hills Memorial Gardens, Niles.  Friends may call from 3:30 to 9 p.m. today at the Hoven Funeral Home, Buchanan.

 

South Bend Tribune

January1982

Letter to the Editor

 

"Missed"

    My son David will never be the same.  When we moved here four years ago, it was hard for a 7 year old.  We just didn't realize how hard at the time.

        For some wonderful reason we were lucky enough to live in the Navarre district and he was blessed with Mrs. SANDRA YOHO for his teacher.  Mrs. Yoho picked up on David's problem, and informed us the move had made David feel lost and alone.

    We tried talking to him, but could not get through.  His school work fell.  Yet Mrs. YOHO spent hours talking to him and being David's friend.

    He passed, but only with her help.  She gave him work to do during the summer, she came to our home to check his papers, and she kept in touch with David.

    Mrs. Yoho died recently, We can't repay her kindness, and she may never have known how much she really did for us.  Bur we know that where she is now is a wonderful place, and we would like her to know she is missed.

    D.E. WILLS Family

    South Bend