Yoder, Anna Miller (1870-1959)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 Apr 23 p. 5

Birth date: 1870 Aug 8

text of obituary:

Cass County, Mo. Pioneer Dies

Garden City, Mo. — Mrs. Anna Yoder, 88, a resident of Cass County most of her life, died April 8 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Milton Zimmerman, north of Garden City.

Born in LaGrange County, Ind., Mrs. Yoder came to Missouri with her parents when this area was still mostly prairie. She was then two years of age. The family settled on the farm where her daughter now resides, and where her death also occurred.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph K. Yoder who died in 1912. Seven chilldren and a numberof grandchildren survive.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 May 14 p. 8

text of obituary:

ANNA MILLER YODER

Anna Miller Yoder, daughter of Joseph and Christina Kauffman Miller, was born August 8, 1870, at Middlebury, LaGrange County, Ind. and passed away on April 8, 1959, near Garden City, Mo. at the age of 88 years and eight months. She was sick only a few hours following a heart attack in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Milton Zimmerman, with whom she was residing.

In her youth she accepted Christ as her Savior and united with the Sycamore Grove Mennonite church where she was a member at the time of her death. She was a faithful servant of her Lord all these years and was much interested in the work of the church and the spiritual welfare of her family.

On Jan. 3, 1894, she was united in marriage by Bishop Jacob Kenagy to Joseph K. Yoder of Belleville, Pa. This union was blessed with six sons and two daughters. The family circle was first broken on Sept. 10, 1898, when a little son, Ira J., passed away at the age of one year and four months. Forty-seven years ago, on March 2, 1912, the father was called away at the age of 48 years, leaving this mother with the sole responsibility of rearing the large family.

The surviving members of the family are Elby R., Matilda (Mrs. Milton Zimmerman), Milo D., and Christy P. of Garden city, Oliver B. of Eureka, Ill., Alpha J. of Goshen, Ind., and Ella (Mrs. Fred Bickel), of Pueblo, Colo. She also leaves 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. (one granddaughter, Ruby Ann Yoder, preceded her in death. Surviving also is a sister, Cassie (Mrs. Abe Hostetler) of Middlebury, Ind. She is now the only remaining one of the nine children of the Joe Miller family.

At the age of two, Anna came with her parents from Indiana to Cass County when much of it was still prairie. They located on a farm three miles north of Garden City. It was on this same farm that she was again residing with her daughter and husband when she passed away.

Anna, as she was known to her friends, was a very active and busy person all of her life. She received much pleasure in being of service to her family and friends. She also enjoyed helping in the work of the sewing circle. She will be greatly missed in the home, the church, and the community.