OBIT: Alta Ruth (Shoemaker) YODER, 2006, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  ALTA RUTH YODER
  
  Alta Ruth Yoder, 89, Springs, died March 26, 2006, at Goodwill Mennonite Home,  
  Grantsville, Md. Born May 2, 1916, in Springs, the daughter of the late Ellis D. 
  and Nettie (Maust) Shoemaker. Preceded in death by her husband, Homer M. Yoder; 
  an infant son, Brian Loye Yoder and a sister, Marian G. Shoemaker.  Survived by 
  two sisters, Frances Werner and Alice Miller, both of Springs; and numerous 
  nieces and nephews. Mrs. Yoder was a homemaker and member of Springs Mennonite 
  Church.  Friends will be received from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Newman Funeral 
  Homes, P.A., 179 Miller St., Grantsville, Md., where services will be conducted 
  at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.  The Rev. Alva Tice and the Rev. Laban Peachey 
  officiating.  Interment, Springs Cemetery.  Expressions of sympathy may be 
  directed to the perpetual care fund of the Springs Cemetery.  Condolences may be 
  sent to the family at http://www.newmanfuneral-homes.com.
  
  Daily American,   March 27, 2006

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  ALTA RUTH YODER
  
  May 2, 1916
  March 26, 2006

    Alta Ruth Yoder, 89, of Springs, Pa., died Sunday, March 26, 2006, at Goodwill 
  Mennonite Home, Grantsville, Md. 
    Born May 2, 1916, in Springs, she was the daughter of the late Ellis D. and 
  Nettie (Maust) Shoemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer M. 
  Yoder; an infant son, Brian Loye Yoder and a sister, Marian G. Shoemaker. 
    She is survived by two sisters, Frances Werner and Alice Miller, both of 
  Springs; and numerous nieces and nephews.
    Mrs. Yoder was a homemaker and member of Springs Mennonite Church.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., 179 Miller St.,
  Grantsville, Md. on Tuesday 5-8 p.m.  Services will be conducted in the funeral 
  home on Wednesday (today) at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Alva Tice and the Rev. 
  Laban Peachey officiating.  Interment will be in Springs Cemetery. Expressions 
  of sympathy may be directed to the perpetual care fund of the Springs Cemetery. 
  Condolences may be sent to the family at www.newmanfuneralhomes.com.
  
  The New Republic,   March 30, 2006