Yoder, Lawrence (1906-1966)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1966 Mar 3 p. 7

Birth date: 1906

text of obituary:

Lay Church Worker Dies in Minnesota

Goshen, Ind. — Funeral services for Lawrence Yoder, 60, formerly of the Middlebury community near here, were held Feb. 15 at the Falls Mennonite church, International Falls, Minn., it was learned here.

Mr. Yoder suffered a fatal heart attack at his home at international Falls on Feb. 11. Mr. and Mrs. Yoder and several other families of the Pleasant View Mennonite Church moved to Minnesota in 1951 to begin a new congregation there. Since then they had helped organize a second church at International Falls. Mr. Yoder was employed as a rural mail carrier and school bus driver.

Besides his wife, he leaves two sons and his father, Harvey Yoder of Middlebury.