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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1965 Apr 15 p. 3 | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1965 Apr 15 p. 3 | ||
Birth date: 1942 | Birth date: 1942 | ||
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<font size="+2">'''Former Pax Worker In Indonesia Dies'''</font> | |||
Goshen, Ind. — A largely attended funeral took place at the Shore Mennonite Church near Shipshewana on April 7 as services were held for Leon Clair Yoder, 23, until recently a Pax worker in Indonesia under the Mennonite Central Committee. | |||
The young man, who had been Pax coordinator for the MCC in Java, became ill with skin cancer about three months ago. He was flown from Indonesia to Evanston, Ill. and later transferred to the Goshen Hospital where he died April 5. He had served in the Far East for 17 months. | |||
A native of Shipshewana, he was the son of Ora M. and Grace (Smeltzer) Yoder, and was a graduate of Bethey [''sic'' Bethany] Christian High School and of Goshen College. | |||
Surviving in addition to his parents are a brother, Dr. Marion Yoder of Akron, Ohio, and two sisters, Janet and Elaine of the home. | |||
''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1965 Apr 29 p. 11 | |||
''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1965 May 4 p. 302 | ''The Mennonite'' obituary: 1965 May 4 p. 302 | ||
Revision as of 13:49, 19 January 2021
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Apr 15 p. 3
Birth date: 1942
text of obituary:
Former Pax Worker In Indonesia Dies
Goshen, Ind. — A largely attended funeral took place at the Shore Mennonite Church near Shipshewana on April 7 as services were held for Leon Clair Yoder, 23, until recently a Pax worker in Indonesia under the Mennonite Central Committee.
The young man, who had been Pax coordinator for the MCC in Java, became ill with skin cancer about three months ago. He was flown from Indonesia to Evanston, Ill. and later transferred to the Goshen Hospital where he died April 5. He had served in the Far East for 17 months.
A native of Shipshewana, he was the son of Ora M. and Grace (Smeltzer) Yoder, and was a graduate of Bethey [sic Bethany] Christian High School and of Goshen College.
Surviving in addition to his parents are a brother, Dr. Marion Yoder of Akron, Ohio, and two sisters, Janet and Elaine of the home.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Apr 29 p. 11
The Mennonite obituary: 1965 May 4 p. 302
text of obituary:
Leon Yoder, Shipshewanna, Ind., died on Apr 5, at the age of 23 after seventeen months of service as a Paxman in central Java as an administrative assistant for the Mennonite Central Committee. He became ill from a malignancy in February and was returned to his home for treatment.