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Yvonne Chip Obituary
Dayton - On April 20, 2021, Yvonne Renee' (Thornhill) Chip passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side.
Yvonne was born to Gale Thornhill and Patsy (Sturdivant) Shoup on June 20, 1956 in Dallas County, Texas.
Yvonne married David Chip on June 10, 1995 in Victorville, CA. Yvonne and David settled in the Reno area where Yvonne lived for 23 years. Yvonne worked as a claims representative for the Social Security Administration and as an assistant librarian for the California School District. She retired in 2006.
Yvonne was diagnosed with serious health issues. She is survived by her husband David Chip, stepdaughters Angela Barbera-Compton and Koah J. Tadeo, sister Denise Zueger, nephew Chris Seidler, his wife Lori and their children Aspen, Treonne, Sterling and Baily Rae, and step-grandsons Julian Compton and Anthony and Alex Tadeo. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Yvonne enjoyed traveling, the outdoors and gaming. She was a caring and giving person and will be remembered always by her family and friends.
A Celebration of Yvonne's Life will be scheduled in June 2021 at her home in Dayton, and she will be laid to rest at Masonic Memorial Gardens in Reno in mid-September 2021.
Yvonne's family invites you to leave a message of condolence on her Memory Wall at www.waltonsfuneralhomes.com.
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Heather Hamilton
May 23, 2021
Renee and I were friends most of our lives. We met in Kindergarten at Mt. Rose Elementary, had great days at B.D. Billinghurst Jr. High and Wooster High until Renee left in our sophomore year to take her GED and Civil Service exam and onward to her career at Social Security.
We stayed in touch sporadically while she was in CA and by the time she was back in Reno I had moved to Florida but we saw one another whenever I came home which is typically a couple of times a year.
These past couple of years has been rough ones for Renee and I began to pray to God for a miracle or for mercy. David, Renee's husband, took loving care of her right up until the end. I will miss my friend but I know we will see one another again. I will always think of her whenever I hear the songs "Our House" by CSN&Y or "Wild World" by Cat Stevens and I will forever remember her as a skinny teen with wavy hair, dungarees and a leather choker.
Here's to a wonderful, kind and caring woman. Thank you for being in my life.
Marti Culp Bein
May 6, 2021
Renee and I were the best of friends in second grade at Mt. Rose school. We loved Barbies, the Beatles and our big sisters who were also friends. We sporadically kept in touch through the years but to me she will forever be that sweet little seven year who helped make my childhood a happy one. She was lovely. My deepest condolences to her husband and family
Ken Cowan
May 4, 2021
My condolences to the family. Dang, Renee...I'm going to miss you, kid.
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