Yvonne Salley Plyman passed away at the age of 65 on 7 June 2020. She was born in Chicago on 15 July 1954 and graduated Hyde Park Highschool. She then attended Northeastern University and Kennedy King College in Chicago before joining the US Army as a photo lithographer in 1978. Her first assignment was Bremerhaven Germany. It was there that she met her husband, Chris Plyman. Yvonne left the army to work in the field of early child development on military posts while Chris remained in the army. She was awarded her Child Development Associate in 1993. Together they traveled to assignments is Europe, Asia and across the US. After Chris’ retirement they settled in Tukwila Washington and Yvonne began a career with the Transportation Security Administration at SeaTac International Airport. Although they divorced, the two remained close. Yvonne retired from the TSA in 2018. She is preceded in death by her mother, Mariah Smith, her Sisters Jean Magsby and Cammie Harington and her brother Christopher Smith, all of Chicago. She is survived by her brother Leonard Smith of Chicago, and her sisters Rose Richardson of Chicago and Bernice (Aron) Wilson of Tschula Mississippi. Throughout her life, Yvonne had a special gift for looking past the superficial to see the humanity in each and every person. Quick with a smile and an easy laugh, nobody was above her playful teasing, and nobody was treated as less than a friend. Memorial Services will be held at Tahoma National Cemetery on October 18th at 10:30 AM.
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