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Yoder, Wilbur J. (1919-1965)
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+ | <font size="+2">'''Iowa Farmer Killed In Field Accident'''</font> |
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+ | Kalona, Iowa. — A Kalona area farmer lost his life while engaged in spring field work near here Wednesday morning, May 19. |
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+ | Wilbur J. Yoder, 46, was harrowing in a field at his farm home when he apparently stopped to make an adjustment on a chain being used to pull the harrow. For some reason the tractor backed up and he was pinned under one of the drive wheels, crushing his skull. |
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+ | A native of Iowa County and thee son of Jason G. and Mary Schlabaugh Yoder, he was married in 1944 to Ruth Ann Leibig [''sic'' Liebig]. They had farmed northwest of Kalona for the past 18 years. |
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+ | Surviving are his widow; five children, Mary Beth, a student at Hesston College, Mina, Reagon [''sic'' Reagan], Anthony and Kim, all of the home; his mother; one brother and one sister. |
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+ | He was a member of the East Union Mennonite Church, where the funeral was conducted on May 22. |
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− | Birth date: 1919 |
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Latest revision as of 15:43, 4 February 2021
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 May 27 p. 3
Birth date: 1919
text of obituary:
Iowa Farmer Killed In Field Accident
Kalona, Iowa. — A Kalona area farmer lost his life while engaged in spring field work near here Wednesday morning, May 19.
Wilbur J. Yoder, 46, was harrowing in a field at his farm home when he apparently stopped to make an adjustment on a chain being used to pull the harrow. For some reason the tractor backed up and he was pinned under one of the drive wheels, crushing his skull.
A native of Iowa County and thee son of Jason G. and Mary Schlabaugh Yoder, he was married in 1944 to Ruth Ann Leibig [sic Liebig]. They had farmed northwest of Kalona for the past 18 years.
Surviving are his widow; five children, Mary Beth, a student at Hesston College, Mina, Reagon [sic Reagan], Anthony and Kim, all of the home; his mother; one brother and one sister.
He was a member of the East Union Mennonite Church, where the funeral was conducted on May 22.