Eugene's obituary from the Mennonite Church archives.
Yoder, Eugene, son of Rudolph and Katie (Yoder) Yoder, was born in Garden City, Mo., Nov. 21 1896; died of heart failure at Ravenna, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1978; aged 81 y. On Feb. 21, 1923, he was married to Esther Miller, who died on April 24, 1951. On Nov. 22, 1952, he was married to Luella Stutzman, who survives. Also surviving are 2 daughters (Martha Mrs. Marcus Oswald and Mary Mrs. Daniel Hertzler), 2 stepdaughters (Myrtle Mrs. Glenn Shaffer and Marian Mrs. Richard Miller), one stepson (George Stutzman), 17 grandchildren, 19 great-grand-children, one sister (Celesta Mrs. Harvey Blosser), and 2 brothers (Amos and Willis). In 1940 he was ordained as a deacon in the Plainview (now Aurora) Mennonite Church and in 1946 as a minister in the same congregation. From 1964 through 1969 he was pastor of the McElrath Mennonite Church, Ravenna, Ohio. Funeral services were held at the Aurora Mennonite Church, on Sept. 22, in charge of Elmer Stoltzfus and Ernest D. Martin; interment in the adjoining cemetery.
Yoder, Eugene, son of Rudolph and Katie (Yoder) Yoder, was born in Garden City, Mo., Nov. 21 1896; died of heart failure at Ravenna, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1978; aged 81 y. On Feb. 21, 1923, he was married to Esther Miller, who died on April 24, 1951. On Nov. 22, 1952, he was married to Luella Stutzman, who survives. Also surviving are 2 daughters (Martha Mrs. Marcus Oswald and Mary Mrs. Daniel Hertzler), 2 stepdaughters (Myrtle Mrs. Glenn Shaffer and Marian Mrs. Richard Miller), one stepson (George Stutzman), 17 grandchildren, 19 great-grand-children, one sister (Celesta Mrs. Harvey Blosser), and 2 brothers (Amos and Willis). In 1940 he was ordained as a deacon in the Plainview (now Aurora) Mennonite Church and in 1946 as a minister in the same congregation. From 1964 through 1969 he was pastor of the McElrath Mennonite Church, Ravenna, Ohio. Funeral services were held at the Aurora Mennonite Church, on Sept. 22, in charge of Elmer Stoltzfus and Ernest D. Martin; interment in the adjoining cemetery.
Eugene's obituary from the Mennonite Church archives.
Yoder, Eugene, son of Rudolph and Katie (Yoder) Yoder, was born in Garden City, Mo., Nov. 21 1896; died of heart failure at Ravenna, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1978; aged 81 y. On Feb. 21, 1923, he was married to Esther Miller, who died on April 24, 1951. On Nov. 22, 1952, he was married to Luella Stutzman, who survives. Also surviving are 2 daughters (Martha Mrs. Marcus Oswald and Mary Mrs. Daniel Hertzler), 2 stepdaughters (Myrtle Mrs. Glenn Shaffer and Marian Mrs. Richard Miller), one stepson (George Stutzman), 17 grandchildren, 19 great-grand-children, one sister (Celesta Mrs. Harvey Blosser), and 2 brothers (Amos and Willis). In 1940 he was ordained as a deacon in the Plainview (now Aurora) Mennonite Church and in 1946 as a minister in the same congregation. From 1964 through 1969 he was pastor of the McElrath Mennonite Church, Ravenna, Ohio. Funeral services were held at the Aurora Mennonite Church, on Sept. 22, in charge of Elmer Stoltzfus and Ernest D. Martin; interment in the adjoining cemetery.
Yoder, Eugene, son of Rudolph and Katie (Yoder) Yoder, was born in Garden City, Mo., Nov. 21 1896; died of heart failure at Ravenna, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1978; aged 81 y. On Feb. 21, 1923, he was married to Esther Miller, who died on April 24, 1951. On Nov. 22, 1952, he was married to Luella Stutzman, who survives. Also surviving are 2 daughters (Martha Mrs. Marcus Oswald and Mary Mrs. Daniel Hertzler), 2 stepdaughters (Myrtle Mrs. Glenn Shaffer and Marian Mrs. Richard Miller), one stepson (George Stutzman), 17 grandchildren, 19 great-grand-children, one sister (Celesta Mrs. Harvey Blosser), and 2 brothers (Amos and Willis). In 1940 he was ordained as a deacon in the Plainview (now Aurora) Mennonite Church and in 1946 as a minister in the same congregation. From 1964 through 1969 he was pastor of the McElrath Mennonite Church, Ravenna, Ohio. Funeral services were held at the Aurora Mennonite Church, on Sept. 22, in charge of Elmer Stoltzfus and Ernest D. Martin; interment in the adjoining cemetery.
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