Edwin G. Yoder

1877 - 1938  (61 years)

• Name	Edwin G. Yoder  [1, 2]
  Birth	25 Sep 1877	LaGrange Co., IN   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Oct 1938	Aurora, Kane Co., IL   [2]
  	In a hospital
  Burial	Shipshewana, Lagrange Co., IN
  	Funeral in Shore Mennonite Church
  Person ID	I6347	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	George A. Yoder
  Mother	Mary Miller
  Family ID	F6471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucy Ann Blough,   b. 2 Dec 1874, Somerset Co., PA d. 8 Aug 1962, Paxton, Ford Co., IL (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1901	Kent Co., MI   [2]
  Children	1. Harold E. Yoder   2. Gertrude A. Yoder   3. Edna Yoder   4. Elizabeth L. (Betty) Yoder,   b. 20 Feb 1909   d. 5 Mar 1944 (Age 35 years)   5. Catherine C. Yoder   6. Ida Jane Yoder,   b. 20 Feb 1914   d. 1998 (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F4416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2007

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Sep 1877 - LaGrange Co., IN Marriage - 25 Dec 1901 - Kent Co., MI Death - 4 Oct 1938 - Aurora, Kane Co., IL Burial - - Shipshewana, Lagrange Co., IN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: GOSPEL HERALD - Vol. XXXI, No. 36 - December 8, 1938 - pg 791 Yoder.-Edwin G., son of George A., and Mary (Miller) Yoder, was born in Lagrange Co., Ind., Sept. 25, 1877; died in a hospital in Aurora, Ill., Oct. 4, 1938; aged 61 y. 9 d. He was married in Kent Co., Mich., Dec. 25, 1901, to Lucy Blough. To this union were born 6 children: Harold, Gertrude Kelly, and Edna Zook of Kent Co., Mich.; Elizabeth Oyer, Cathryn Springer, and Ida Oyer of Fisher, Ill. He also leaves 3 sisters (Mrs. Alice Martin, Delavan, Ill.; Mrs. Nora Eash, Shipshewana, Ind.; and Mrs. Edna Dintaman, Lagrange, Ind.). He was preceded in death by his father, mother, and 2 sisters (one died at the age of two years and Lizzie, Mrs. Nelson Thomas of Clarksville, Mich., died Feb. 6, 1936). He was afflicted a number of years with rheumatism and heart trouble. About six months ago he suffered a light stroke and was bedfast most of the time since. Funeral services at the Shore Mennonite Church in charge of Bros. Percy J. Miller, Josiah Miller, and Lee Miller. "Could we ever wish him here__Amid this world of woe;_Tho' oft our lonely hearts are Sad, Because we loved him so.

  
  

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  [S559] Descendants of John B. Zimmerman and Martha Fahsbender. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.