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Yoder, Walter E. (1889-1964)
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Revision as of 16:20, 5 November 2020
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1964 Nov 5 p. 3
Birth date: 1889
text of obituary:
Retired Professor, Leader in Church Music Dies at Goshen
Goshen, Ind. — Memorial services were conducted at the College Mennonite Church here Sunday afternoon for Walter E. Yoder, 75, professor emeritus of music at Goshen College and well known in the (Old) Mennonite Church for his contributions in the field of church music.
Death came at the Goshen Hospital on Oct.30, where he had been admitted the day before after suffering a recurrence of a heart ailment. Officiating at the services were John H. Mosemann, Paul E. Mininger, S. C. Yoder and Robert Detweiler. Also taking part was the Goshen College A Cappella Chorus.
A native of LaGrange County, Ind., Prof Yoder began his ministry as a young man when he conducted music institutes throughout the Mennonite Church. He studied music under the late John D. Brunk at the Goshen College School of Music, graduating in 1913. He later took up farming near Metamora, Ill. and was active in church music work there.
In 1931 he accepted a call to head the music department at Goshen College, completing work for his B.S. degree at the college and for the masters degree at Northwestern University. He directed the college a cappella chorus, and under his leadership the college offered a major in music for the first time. He served frequently at church music institutes, and was well known as a leader in congregational singing.
Prof. Yoder served for many years as chairman of the music committee of the Mennonite Church. He served on the committee for the Church Hymnal, published in 1927, and later edited Junior Hymns and another hymnary, Songs of the Church. At the time of death he was co-editor of a joint committee engaged in compiling a new hymnbook for the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church.
Surviving in the immediate family are his wife, the former Matilda Schertz, daughters and two sons and their families.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1964 Dec 10 p. 11
The Mennonite obituary: 1964 Nov 24 p. 734
