Yoder, Mary Alice Sieber (1924-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Jul 9 p. 8

Birth date: 1924 Aug 30

text of obituary:

MARY ALICE YODER

Mary Alice Yoder, 82, of Mechanicsville, Va., died June 7, 2007, due to lung and brain surgery. She was born Aug. 30, 1924, to Boyd and Katie Sieber near Dakota, Ill.

On April 18, 1959, she married E. Duane Yoder at Goshen, Ind.

She was a registered nurse, working mostly in surgical units of several hospitals. She retired from Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., where she and Duane had lived for 40 years. They then moved to Virginia to be near their sons and families.

She loved to garden. Putting her hands into the soil was a joy for her. She also was a volunteer for Hospice, MOPS, Mary Lee Maple Sugar Camp and was always helping in church activities. She was a member of First Mennonite Church of Richmond.

Survivors include her husband, E. Duane; three sons, Timothy Yoder and his wife, Fifi, Christopher Yoder and his wife, Chia-Wei, and Jeffrey Yoder and his wife, Marketa; a brother, Paul Sieber of Champaign, Ill.; and five grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Floyd and Samuel; and a sister, Grace Leu.

Services were held at First Mennonite Church of Richmond.