Max Yonker - 1963 - 2005
Taken in Lourdes at the 2003
Tour de France...
Taken in Lourdes at the 2003
Tour de France...
Max & Tom Yonker
Max was a great survivor and
Team Yonker combine to bring
innovative cycling events to the
peninsula!
Max was a great survivor and
Team Yonker combine to bring
innovative cycling events to the
peninsula!
Max's Page
The Max Seales Yonker Foundation
Tom Yonker is proud to carry on a new bay area tradition to honor the memory of Max Seales Yonker.
This year, we have incorporated a new not-for-profit corporation, the Max Seales Yonker Foundation (MSYF).
We are a 501(c)3 Public Charity under the IRS Code. We’re very excited to be able to honor Max Seales
Yonker’s memory through the establishment of this foundation. As before, our mission is to support cancer
survivorship causes. As in prior years, Team Tour de Max and the MSYF commit to ensuring that at least
70% of cash proceeds will flow directly to cancer survivorship orgrams.
The Max Seales Yonker Foundation is all about coming to the aid of cancer survivors. As we know, the US
government and the pharmaceutical industry is spending hundreds of millions of dollars researching the
causes of and cures for cancer. In the meantime, thousands of people all around us every day receive their
diagnosis. New cancer survivors are being created every single day. Not just those with the diagnosis, but
their families must survive from the moment of the news. These people need support, education, and
advocacy.
The MSYF’s plan is not to create another set of programs. Instead, we intend to provide funding for the
worthy programs of established organizations like the LAF and Susan G. Komen, as well as providing
grants to local San Francisco Bay Area Survivor Support Organizations. Primary beneficiaries for 2008 will
be the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Okizu, and Wellness Community Silicon Valley.
By supporting the MSYF, you can:
This year, we have incorporated a new not-for-profit corporation, the Max Seales Yonker Foundation (MSYF).
We are a 501(c)3 Public Charity under the IRS Code. We’re very excited to be able to honor Max Seales
Yonker’s memory through the establishment of this foundation. As before, our mission is to support cancer
survivorship causes. As in prior years, Team Tour de Max and the MSYF commit to ensuring that at least
70% of cash proceeds will flow directly to cancer survivorship orgrams.
The Max Seales Yonker Foundation is all about coming to the aid of cancer survivors. As we know, the US
government and the pharmaceutical industry is spending hundreds of millions of dollars researching the
causes of and cures for cancer. In the meantime, thousands of people all around us every day receive their
diagnosis. New cancer survivors are being created every single day. Not just those with the diagnosis, but
their families must survive from the moment of the news. These people need support, education, and
advocacy.
The MSYF’s plan is not to create another set of programs. Instead, we intend to provide funding for the
worthy programs of established organizations like the LAF and Susan G. Komen, as well as providing
grants to local San Francisco Bay Area Survivor Support Organizations. Primary beneficiaries for 2008 will
be the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Okizu, and Wellness Community Silicon Valley.
By supporting the MSYF, you can:
- Support LOCAL charitable endeavors
- Understand that your investment is appropriately multiplied and enables LOCAL neighbors to
participate in fun events - Be assured that your donations are fully tax deductible
- Know that the programs which your funds support are worthy and well-established.
Max Yonker
We mourn the passing of a gallant soul, and we celebrate the life of a spectacular woman who combined
brilliance, compassion, wit, and the warrior spirit.
Max Yonker passed from this world at 11PM, 21 May 2005. Max was accompanied in her final hours by her
husband Tom and her Mother, Majorie, along with many friends. We know that she was also thought of and
prayed for by many of you around the world as she passed. Please know that we are certain that in her last
moments, she was aware of all of our love and caring, and that she died in peace. She now lives forever in
a place of light, youth, and strength.
Max loved to be adventurous; she jumped from airplanes and skied the steeps. Max and Tom went on a
Kenyan safari, rode at two Tours de France, and adventured across Australia. Max was an ardent supporter
of the Lance Armstrong Foundation; she raised almost $80,000 in three years, helped during research grant
reviews, and is the subject of one of the most watched clips on the www.livestrong.org website. Max was
looking forward to speaking at the LAF’s LiveSTRONG Advocacy day in Washington, DC on 8 June t o lend
her eloquent voice to the call for enhanced federal funding for cancer survivorship.
In 1997, she received her first breast cancer diagnosis. After almost five years of survival, her doctors
discovered metastatic disease. A second breast cancer occurred in 2003, and soon that was metastatic
too. Max underwent two mastectomies, a hysterectomy, a dual breast reconstruction, two regimes of
radiation, and four of chemotherapy. She endured it all with grace and courage, and was an inspiration to
all who met her. Bob Best of ISPE said that Max was an “incredible, unbelievable, charismatic woman”. We
all know that to be true.
brilliance, compassion, wit, and the warrior spirit.
Max Yonker passed from this world at 11PM, 21 May 2005. Max was accompanied in her final hours by her
husband Tom and her Mother, Majorie, along with many friends. We know that she was also thought of and
prayed for by many of you around the world as she passed. Please know that we are certain that in her last
moments, she was aware of all of our love and caring, and that she died in peace. She now lives forever in
a place of light, youth, and strength.
Max loved to be adventurous; she jumped from airplanes and skied the steeps. Max and Tom went on a
Kenyan safari, rode at two Tours de France, and adventured across Australia. Max was an ardent supporter
of the Lance Armstrong Foundation; she raised almost $80,000 in three years, helped during research grant
reviews, and is the subject of one of the most watched clips on the www.livestrong.org website. Max was
looking forward to speaking at the LAF’s LiveSTRONG Advocacy day in Washington, DC on 8 June t o lend
her eloquent voice to the call for enhanced federal funding for cancer survivorship.
In 1997, she received her first breast cancer diagnosis. After almost five years of survival, her doctors
discovered metastatic disease. A second breast cancer occurred in 2003, and soon that was metastatic
too. Max underwent two mastectomies, a hysterectomy, a dual breast reconstruction, two regimes of
radiation, and four of chemotherapy. She endured it all with grace and courage, and was an inspiration to
all who met her. Bob Best of ISPE said that Max was an “incredible, unbelievable, charismatic woman”. We
all know that to be true.
Thanks to Team Tour de Max: Shannon Chesterfield Yonker, Charles Albert, Greg Burg, Mike Brochier, Kenyon
Petura, Andreas & Susan Linkwitz, Chris & Maria Ohms, Bill Widmann, and Joy Barnitz! Without these guys you
would not be doing this great ride!
Petura, Andreas & Susan Linkwitz, Chris & Maria Ohms, Bill Widmann, and Joy Barnitz! Without these guys you
would not be doing this great ride!
Team Tour de Max
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