Yoder, Betty Lou Roth (1940-1970)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1970 Aug 13 p. 2

Birth date: 1940

text of obituary:

Michigan Highway Crash Fatal to Mother of Two

Archbold, Ohio. — Funeral services were held at the Lockport Mennonite Church near here on Aug. 4 for Mrs. Earl Yoder [sic Earle Yoder], 30, of Livonia, Mich., who was fatally injured in a highway accident on US-23 near Milan, Mich., July 31.

Mrs. Yoder, the former Betty Lou Roth, was driving here to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glan A. Roth [sic Glen A. Roth] of Route 3, Archbold, when the fatal crash occurred. She was accompanied by her two children, Kamela, 5, and Sean Ray, 2, who were injured but are recovering.

Officers reported that the car of an oncoming motorist entered the median strip, became airborne and landed on the Yoder auto. The Milan rescue squad had to cut the wreckage to free the three occupants.

Mrs. Yoder was a graduate of local schools and also taught here. Besides her husband, the two children, and her parents, she leaves one sister, Dawn Renee Roth, of Archbold; two brothers, Gene of Livonia and Thomas of Archbold; and grandmothers, Mrs. Priscilla Stamm and Mrs. Emma Roth, both of Archbold.