She never said no to any community activities and she loved to make people laugh. Harry said if there was someone that needed help, Yvonne would be there. Donna Fair, Yvonne’s Motherĭonna tells that story with a life and a smile, recalling her daughter’s outgoing personality. Yvonne takes her hat off and goes ‘look so do I!’. And the lady told her ‘I don’t know what’s going to become of me I have cancer’. Yvonne was administering help to her and she had cancer and of course she had to go to the hospital. She went on the ambulance to run, and the girl wasn’t much older than Yvonne. Donna Fair, Yvonne’s MotherĪfter three years, Yvonne had to retire from the Air Force and came home for treatments in Pittsburgh.Įven in the middle of chemo, she was still putting other people first. She was putting on her uniform one day and she noticed a little nodule on her neck and she went and had that checked out and they said it was internal melanoma. Undeterred by her injury, she studied biochemical engineering, a job Yvonne’s parents say she loved. She was stationed in Grand Forks, North Dakota as a Staff Sergeant when she was diagnosed with cancer. Once she broke it she couldn’t keep going with the fire department, so she had to change her field. Went into the fire part of the training, and she broke her hip, twice. She completed basic training in San Antonio, Texas before going to fire training in North Dakota. Yvonne followed her older brother’s lead an enlisted in the Air Force, hoping to be a firefighter. When we came back from Tony graduating basic, she says ‘guess what? I quit school and joined the Air Force’. Her parents say she knew she always wanted to serve other people. Yvonne also worked as an EMT paramedic with Toronto, Neffs, Brilliant and New Alexandria Volunteer Fire Departments.

She grew up on a farm, graduated from Buckeye Local High School, once raced professional motocross was involved with the local farm bureau and always wanted to be a firefighter. Harry Fair, Yvonne’s Fatherĭonna and Harry Fair said their daughter was outgoing and would try anything once, but lived her life to help others. That’s what her main thing in life was, to help other people. MINGO JUNCTION, Ohio (WTRF) – Nestled along Route 7, an American flag flies below a sign bearing the name Yvonne Marie Fair.

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