FAXIE VASHTI "VEE: BASKIN YONKER, 73, died
on March 9, 1989 in San Antonio, TX.
She was born on April 14, 1915 to Henry Leroy & Myrtle
Louise Baskin. She attended Ranger High School in the
Class of 1930 at Ranger, TX and married her high school
sweetheart Fred Yonker (RHS-1932). They had a daughter,
Barbara Jane Henk who lives in San Antonio, & a son,
Frederick Godfrey Yonker, VII. She was the older sister
of twins; M.L. Baskin and H.L. Baskin, Jr. (RHS-1939).
A baby sister, Vita Maurice Baskin, only lived 4 months.
Vashti was a graduate of Kingsville A&I, an outstanding
high school speech and English teacher for 35 years, at
directing senior & interscholastic league plays. Many
of her students became teachers, a tribute to her and
example. Fred and her were lifetime Texans, happily
married until his untimely death in 1963. Her sister
was Jeanette Yonker (RHS-1929).