Yoder, Rhoda Annabelle (1922-2009)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2009 Jul 13 p. 13

Birth date: 1922 Oct 31

text of obituary:

RHODA ANNABELLE YODER

Rhoda Annabelle Yoder, 86, of Edgewood Vista in Minot, N.D., died May 19, 2009. She was born Oct. 31, 1922, to Jesse and Edna (King) Yoder near Surrey.

She was reared on the family farm and attended rural schools for eight years prior to graduating from Surrey High School in 1942. After graduation she moved to Minot, where she attended and graduated from the Sisters of St. Francis School of Nursing at St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1947. Then she was employed at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Sarasota, Fla., Hagerstown, Md., and at the Air Force Hospital at Minot as a registered nurse for more than 40 years prior to her retirement in 1984. She served as a caregiver to her sister for several years.

She was a member of Fairview Mennonite Church and Prairie Peace Fellowship Church, both of Surrey, prior to their closure, where she served as Sunday school teacher, librarian and member of the church council for many years. She had been attending the Bible Fellowship Church for the past four years. She was a member and past president of the Women’s Missionary and Service Commission. She was a member of and past president of St. Joseph’s Hospital Alumni Association and a member of Heart to Heart. Her special interests included reading, traveling, crocheting afghans and knitting stocking caps.