Yoder, Floyd Franklin (1920-2009)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2009 Jul 13 p. 13

Birth date: 1920 Apr 13

text of obituary:

FLOYD FRANKLIN YODER

Floyd Franklin Yoder, 89, of Wellman, Iowa, died July 4, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. He was born April 13, 1920, near Kalona, to Chris A. and Barbara (Troyer) Yoder.

He graduated from Kalona High School in 1940. He served in Civilian Public Service for four years and was a smoke jumper for two years in Oregon and Washington.

On Feb. 24, 1946, he married Marjorie Yoder at Wellman Mennonite Church.

He lived and farmed in the Kalona community all of his life. He was a member of Wellman Mennonite Church, where he served as an elder, Sunday school superintendent and taught Sunday school. He served on Brush #8 school board for many years, the Iowa Mennonite School school board for six years, helped with the organization of the Washington Township School, served on the Iowa-Nebraska Conference Leadership Board for six years, and volunteered with Mennonite Disaster Service.

Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Marjorie of Wellman; four sons, Leland Yoder and his wife, Cammie, of Kalona, Galen Yoder and his wife, Dixie, of Hydro, Okla., Curtis Yoder and his wife, Lois, of Wellman, and Calvin W. Yoder and his wife, Judy, of Kalona; a daughter, Rhonda Yoder and her husband, Danny Graber, of Elkhart, Ind.; a brother, Kenneth A. Yoder of Wheaton, Ill.; two sisters, Leola White of Kalona and Minerva Yoder of Glendale, Ariz.; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Kevin Yoder; a sister, Geneva Yoder; and three brothers, Lester W. Yoder, Delmar Yoder and Cecil Yoder.

Funeral services were held at Wellman Mennonite Church. Burial was in Wellman Mennonite Cemetery.