San Joaquin-Alameda County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Gates, Yvonne Schroeder McGihon  April 16 2004
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Originally published in the Tracy Press on Friday, April 30, 2004
Yvonne Schroeder McGihon Gates
May 7, 1921 — April 16, 2004

A memorial service was held April 23 in San Leandro 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 
Shroeder, 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, Brian McGihon, and his wife, Cindy, of 
Redding; a daughter, Mary Anne Abercrombie, and her husband, John, of San 
Leandro; and four grandchildren, Kelly Abercrombie of Truckee, Shannon 
Abercrombie of Modesto, and Annya and Leonard McGihon, both of Redding.
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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