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Paul Gordon Yoxheimer Born May 29, 1941, passed away on Monday July 31, 2017 at his home in Rives Junction, MI, surrounded by his family and loved ones. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Karol, and they share 4 children, 12 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
Paul retired as a Tool and Die Maker from General Motors in 2006. He was known as a devoted family man and will be remembered for his countless stories and jokes. Throughout his life he enjoyed playing fast-pitch softball, spending time on the golf course, riding his Harley Davidson as well as his John Deere
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James Campbell
Its been a lot of years and my momory isn't so good. But I am pretty sure Paul was on our swim team at JHS. I think he was on some of our relay teams, swimming the Austrailan crawl as it was called in the day. And if the info I have from the history books is correct, Paul may have well been a member of one very unique JHS accomplishment that he never even knew about;. In 1957, 58,59 we swam in the Battle Creek "Cereal Bowl Relays". It was not a serious event, just fun. They made up relays.I.e. first swam 25yds breaststroke, 2nd 200yds backstroke, 3rd 325 free, 4th 100 fly.etc. JHS had several All Americans in those years so they won several events each year and held the best times yet recorded in several as well. As best I know, Paul was on one or more of those relays which set records for the event. And since, as I am told, no other events of a similar nature caught on until later, Paul was likely on a record holding realy team from the BC Cereal Bowl which, at that time, held the world record. Somewhere I heard someone in Sweden broke some of those records a few years later. But, however unique, a world record is a world record.
Beyond that , I remember Paul as a great guy with whom I shared Jr. High and JHS. We lost touch after that but I am delighted to hear he had such a great life and family. I hope they will enjoy this bit of history.