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Wright, RoseAnn M. Yoder (1951-2000)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2000 Nov 9 p. 10
Birth date: 1951 Sep 7
text of obituary:
RoseAnn M. Yoder Wright, 48, and Paul W. Wright Jr., 46, of Wooster, Ohio, died Oct. 13, 2000, from injuries sustained in an auto accident near Mathias, W.Va.
RoseAnn was born Sept. 7, 1951, in Akron to Richard and Rosalie (Hooley) Yoder.
She was a graduate of Goshen (Ind.) College, The Frontier Midwifery School, Hyden, Ky., and received a master's degree in public health from the University of California, Berkeley.
Paul was born Nov. 15, 1953, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Paul and Virginia Wright.
He graduated with a bachelor of science degree in forestry from Iowa State University, Ames, a master of business administration degree from Columbia University in New York and a master's degree in forestry from the University of California, Berkeley.
He worked for Bank of America, San Francisco, and Southern California Edison Forestry Group at Shaver Lake, Calif. He was assistant director of operations at Your Human Resource Center, Wooster. Paul enjoyed playing the tuba.
They were members of Wooster Mennonite Church.
Surviving are two sons, Nigel and Kieman.
RoseAnn is also survived by three sisters, Gretchen Christopher of Cobbs Creek, Va., Christina Buckwalter of Keezletown, Va., and Amy Murray of Orrville; and two brothers, Richard Yoder Jr. of Normal, Ill., and Jeremiah Yoder of Orrville.
Paul is also survived by his parents of Rockford, Ill., and a sister, Mary Sue Wright, also of Rockford.
RoseAnn's mother, Rosalie Yoder, died in the same accident, and her father, Richard Yoder, died previously.
Services were held at Oak Grove Mennonite Church, Smithville. Burial was in the Oak Grove cemetery.