Yoder, Phoebe May Hollopeter (1927-2005)

Latest revision as of 17:11, 16 February 2011

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Sep 19 p. 11

Birth date: 1927 Jun 10

text of obituary:

Phoebe May Yoder, 77, died May 30, 2005, of pancreatic cancer, at her home near Bristol, Ind. She was born June 10, 1927, to Ray and Velma (Spicher) Hollopeter in Boneta, Ohio.

She graduated from Sharon Center High School as valedictorian. In 1949 she graduated from Goshen College with a bachelor's degree in home economics.

In July of that year she married Mervin A. Yoder of Clarence Center, N.Y.

With her husband, she served and helped manage Mennonite Youth Village near White Pigeon, Mich., from 1951-64. In 1964 the family moved to Bristol. Shee was a charter member of what became Tri-Lakes Community Church.

Survivors include three daughters, Joanne Yoder and Judy Yoder of Bristol and Anita Reichert and her husband, Ron, of Grand Haven, Mich.; two sons, Jonathan of Bristol and David of Goshen; a sister, Wilma Shank of Goshen; and three brothers, Sheldon Hollopeter and Glenn Hollopeter, both of Medina, Ohio, and Carl Hollopeter of Glendora, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Mervin, who died May 12, 1990.

Funeral services were held at Tri-Lakes Community Church. Burial was in Trout Creek Cemetery of Bristol.