OBIT: Lydia E. (YODER) SAYLOR, 1988, Davidsville, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Winnie Nichols Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ SAYLOR Lydia E. Saylor, 93, Davidsville, died May 22, 1988, at Siemon Lakeview Manor Estate. Born Nov. 12, 1894, in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia (Custer) Yoder. Preceded in death by parents; husband, William H., who died July 9, 1975; five sisters and six brothers. Survived by these children: Beatrice, widow of Lester Blough, Jerome; James, married to Mary Margaret Davis, Beulah, widow of Forest Johns, Violet, wife of Lee Wible, William, married to Jean Coyle, Robert, married to Audrey Loughner, John, married to Betty Mock, Betty, wife of Richard Layton, Frank, married to Leona Mack, all of Davidsville; Nancy, wife of Jacob Shaffer; Friedens RD 1; Roberta, wife of Thomas Bowman, Nokesville, Va.; 32 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Last surviving member of the Jonathan Yoder family. Life-member of St. David's Lutheran Church of Davidsville; Somerset Historical Society. Family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday in the George E. Mason Funeral Home, Davidsville. Remains will be removed to the church at 10 a.m. Wednesday where they will lie in state until 11 a.m., the time of service, with the Rev. Melvin Vance and the Rev. Robert Callihan officiating. Interment, Kaufman Cemetery. Daily American, May 24, 1988 [S0302]