Yoder, Maynard D. (1927-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Aug 4 p. 8

Birth date: 1927 Feb 23

text of obituary:

MAYNARD D. YODER

Maynard D. Yoder, 76, of Fristoe, Mo., died June 27, 2003, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. He was born Feb. 23, 1927, to Alvin M. and Almeda Slaubaugh Yoder in Johnson County, Iowa.

He grew up on a farm in Johnson County and was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during World War II.

On June 10, 1948, he married Marvel J. Kinsinger. They made their home on a farm near Parnell. They moved to Fristoe, Mo., on Dec. 1, 1953.

They moved there to organize and provide leadership for a new church. They helped establish Evening Shade Mennonite Church near Warsaw. He served as minister of the church for 33 years. He then became conference minister of the Arkansas-Missouri District of South Central Mennonite Conference. He worked diligently for the benefit of the church and his Lord.

He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He enjoyed farm life and was a carpenter by trade, building and remodeling many homes in the area.

Survivors include two sons, Cecil and his wife, Nancy, of LeMars, Iowa, and Phillip of Warsaw; a daughter, Marcella Keltner and her husband, Kent, of Galena; a sister, Marguerite Pickett of Bakersfield, Calif.; six grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Marvel, on May 17, 1998.

Funeral services were held at Evening Shade Mennonite Church. Burial was in the Fristoe Cemetery.