Yoder, Walter E. (1889-1964) - Revision history

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	Surviving in the immediate family are his wife, the former Matilda Schertz, daughters and two sons and their families.		Surviving in the immediate family are his wife, the former Matilda Schertz, daughters and two sons and their families.


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	The Goshen College community has lost a rare spirit — a man pure in heart; but the very qualities which were valued most will continue to live and bear fruit in the lives of his friends.		The Goshen College community has lost a rare spirit — a man pure in heart; but the very qualities which were valued most will continue to live and bear fruit in the lives of his friends.


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	[[Image:Yoder_walter_e_1964.jpg\|~~200px~~\|right]] <center>'''Dr. Mary K. Oyer, professor of music at Goshen College, wrote this tribute to Professor Walter E. Yoder, widely known music leader in the Mennonite Church, who died Oct. 30 at the age of 75.'''</center>		[[Image:Yoder_walter_e_1964.jpg\|300px\|right]] <center>'''Dr. Mary K. Oyer, professor of music at Goshen College, wrote this tribute to Professor Walter E. Yoder, widely known music leader in the Mennonite Church, who died Oct. 30 at the age of 75.'''</center>

	'''PROFESSOR''' Walter E. Yoder exerted a profound influence on the Goshen College campus community over the past 34 years.		'''PROFESSOR''' Walter E. Yoder exerted a profound influence on the Goshen College campus community over the past 34 years.

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	<center><font size="+2">'''Professor Shaped Goshen Music Tradition'''</font></center>		<center><font size="+2">'''Professor Shaped Goshen Music Tradition'''</font></center>
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	[[Image:Yoder_walter_e_1964.jpg\|200px\|right]] <center>'''Dr. Mary K. Oyer, professor of music at Goshen College, wrote this tribute to Professor Walter E. Yoder, widely known music leader in the Mennonite Church, who died Oct. 30 at the age of 75.'''</center>		[[Image:Yoder_walter_e_1964.jpg\|200px\|right]] <center>'''Dr. Mary K. Oyer, professor of music at Goshen College, wrote this tribute to Professor Walter E. Yoder, widely known music leader in the Mennonite Church, who died Oct. 30 at the age of 75.'''</center>

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	<center><font size="+2">'''Professor Shaped Goshen Music Tradition'''</font></center>		<center><font size="+2">'''Professor Shaped Goshen Music Tradition'''</font></center>

	[[Image:Yoder_walter_e_1964.jpg\|200px\|right]] '''Dr. Mary K. Oyer, professor of music at Goshen College, wrote this tribute to Professor Walter E. Yoder, widely known music leader in the Mennonite Church, who died Oct. 30 at the age of 75.'''		[[Image:Yoder_walter_e_1964.jpg\|200px\|right]] <center>'''Dr. Mary K. Oyer, professor of music at Goshen College, wrote this tribute to Professor Walter E. Yoder, widely known music leader in the Mennonite Church, who died Oct. 30 at the age of 75.'''</center>

	'''PROFESSOR''' Walter E. Yoder exerted a profound influence on the Goshen College campus community over the past 34 years.		'''PROFESSOR''' Walter E. Yoder exerted a profound influence on the Goshen College campus community over the past 34 years.

Jlynch at 21:14, 17 November 2020

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	He stimulated his music theory students to compose by continuing to compose himself and by performing their works with his choruses. He developed a vital choral tradition on the campus through his conducting of the A Cappella Chorus and men's and women's groups. Although he was not an instrumentalist himself, he maintained a constant hope of establishing an orchestra at Goshen College — a hope which he saw fulfilled shortly before his retirement.		He stimulated his music theory students to compose by continuing to compose himself and by performing their works with his choruses. He developed a vital choral tradition on the campus through his conducting of the A Cappella Chorus and men's and women's groups. Although he was not an instrumentalist himself, he maintained a constant hope of establishing an orchestra at Goshen College — a hope which he saw fulfilled shortly before his retirement.

			'''HIS VISION''' was broad enough not only to accept and absorb the changes that took place over his 30 years of teaching but also to guide the direction of many of those changes.

			The whole student body learned to know him well through his leading of chapel singing. He had a remarkable intuition about congregational singing. How fast or slowly should a particular group sing on a particular day in order to find the hymn most helpful? Which hymn would be most appropriate for a given occasion? His judgments in such matters were almost uncanny.

			His sensitivity to both poetry and music guided him in shaping a kind of "canon" of hymns which has become basic to worship at Goshen College. Many current students, who unfortunately did not know Prof. Yoder, nevertheless have felt the influence of his taste through their parents or song leaders who had deepened their appreciation under Walter Yoder's leading.

			'''BUT THE''' Walter Yoder who made the deepest impact on his students and colleagues was the whole person. This was the person who, whether teaching, leading singing, or greeting one briefly on the campus, gave himself with warm and genuine interest to the other persons or group.

			This was the person who accepted his neighbor so graciously that he disarmed him and gave him freedom to be himself. This was the person whose faith shown out quite clearly and who, therefore, moved with a reverent confidence.

			The Goshen College community has lost a rare spirit — a man pure in heart; but the very qualities which were valued most will continue to live and bear fruit in the lives of his friends.

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 Surviving in the immediate family are his wife, the former Matilda Schertz, daughters and two sons and their families.
 ''The Mennonite'' obituary:  1964 Nov 24  p. 734
 [[Category:The Mennonite obituaries]]

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			''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1964 Dec 10 p. 11 <br>
	''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1964 Nov 24 p. 734		''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1964 Nov 24 p. 734


	[[Category:The Mennonite obituaries]]		[[Category:The Mennonite obituaries]]

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	<font size=”+2”>'''Retired Professor, Leader in Church Music Dies at Goshen'''</font>		<font size="+2">'''Retired Professor, Leader in Church Music Dies at Goshen'''</font>

	Goshen, Ind. — Memorial services were conducted at the College Mennonite Church here Sunday afternoon for Walter E. Yoder, 75, professor emeritus of music at Goshen College and well known in the (Old) Mennonite Church for his contributions in the field of church music.		Goshen, Ind. — Memorial services were conducted at the College Mennonite Church here Sunday afternoon for Walter E. Yoder, 75, professor emeritus of music at Goshen College and well known in the (Old) Mennonite Church for his contributions in the field of church music.

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 Birth date:  1889
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	<font size="+2">'''Retired Professor, Leader in Church Music Dies at Goshen'''</font>		<center><font size="+1">'''Retired Professor, Leader in Church Music Dies at Goshen'''</font></center>

	Goshen, Ind. — Memorial services were conducted at the College Mennonite Church here Sunday afternoon for Walter E. Yoder, 75, professor emeritus of music at Goshen College and well known in the (Old) Mennonite Church for his contributions in the field of church music.		Goshen, Ind. — Memorial services were conducted at the College Mennonite Church here Sunday afternoon for Walter E. Yoder, 75, professor emeritus of music at Goshen College and well known in the (Old) Mennonite Church for his contributions in the field of church music.
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	Surviving in the immediate family are his wife, the former Matilda Schertz, daughters and two sons and their families.		Surviving in the immediate family are his wife, the former Matilda Schertz, daughters and two sons and their families.


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	''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1964 Dec 10 p. 11		''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1964 Dec 10 p. 11

	<u><h3>TRIBUTE TO WALTER E. YODER</H3></U>		<center><u><h3>TRIBUTE TO WALTER E. YODER</H3></U></center>

	<center><font size="+2">'''Professor Shaped Goshen Music Tradition'''</font></center>		<center><font size="+1">'''Professor Shaped Goshen Music Tradition'''</font></center>
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	[[Image:Yoder_walter_e_1964.jpg\|300px\|right]] ~~<center>~~'''Dr. Mary K. Oyer, professor of music at Goshen College, wrote this tribute to Professor Walter E. Yoder, widely known music leader in the Mennonite Church, who died Oct. 30 at the age of 75.'''~~</center>~~		[[Image:Yoder_walter_e_1964.jpg\|300px\|right]]

			'''Dr. Mary K. Oyer, professor of music at Goshen College, wrote this tribute to Professor Walter E. Yoder, widely known music leader in the Mennonite Church, who died Oct. 30 at the age of 75.'''

	'''PROFESSOR''' Walter E. Yoder exerted a profound influence on the Goshen College campus community over the past 34 years.		'''PROFESSOR''' Walter E. Yoder exerted a profound influence on the Goshen College campus community over the past 34 years.
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	The Goshen College community has lost a rare spirit — a man pure in heart; but the very qualities which were valued most will continue to live and bear fruit in the lives of his friends.		The Goshen College community has lost a rare spirit — a man pure in heart; but the very qualities which were valued most will continue to live and bear fruit in the lives of his friends.


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	''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1964 Nov 24 p. 734		''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1964 Nov 24 p. 734

			''Walter E. Yoder,'' Goshen, Ind., was born Jan. 8, 1889, at Topeka, Ind., and died Oct. 30. He was a music leader in the (Old) Mennonite Church and a professor at Goshen College until his retirement in 1957. At the time of his death, he was co-editor of the joint hymnal being prepared for publication in 1969 by the General Conference Mennonite Church and the (Old) Mennonite Church, the manuscript for which is to be finished by next summer.



	[[Category:The Mennonite obituaries]]		[[Category:The Mennonite obituaries]]