Mary Anna Yoder
Mary Anna Yoder, 86, Etna Green, died 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 at her home.
She was born Dec. 28, 1932, in Goshen, to Cephas and Amelia “Millie” (Hochstetler) Nisley. On April 4, 1957, she married Emmon Yoder and he died July 23, 2010.
Surviving are five children: Bertha (David) Miller, Etna Green; Philip (Kathy) Yoder, Goshen; Esther Yoder, Etna Green; Freeman (Debbie) Yoder, Middlebury; Dorothy (Tim) Schwartz, New Paris; daughter-in-law, Doris Yoder, Nappanee; 14 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a sister, Esther Nisley, Goshen.
Preceding her in death are her parents, husband, son, Menno Yoder, two grandchildren, Christopher Miller and Trevor Yoder, three brothers: Ray, John and Willis and a sister, Fannie Mae Hochstetler.
Mrs. Yoder was a homemaker and a member of Clay Street Mennonite Church, Bourbon. She was very dedicated to the Lord and a blessing to the brotherhood. She enjoyed working in her flowerbeds and garden. She loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, and the funeral service will be 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11, all at Maple Lawn Mennonite Church, 29267 CR 52, Nappanee. Home ministry will officiate. Burial will follow at Maple Lawn Mennonite Cemetery. Memorial donations may be directed to World Missionary Press or Gospel Echoes Prison Ministry.
Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret-Lienhart Funeral Home, Wakarusa, is handling arrangements