OBIT: Alva R. YODER, 1984, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  ALVA R. YODER
  
    Alva R. Yoder, 75, of RD 1, Grantsville, Maryland, died July 21, 1984, in
  Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
    Born in Grantsville, Dec. 4, 1908, he was a son of the late Simon Yoder and
  Catherine J. (Miller) Yoder.
    He was a member of the Springs Mennonite Church where he had served as a
  deacon for 41 years and was leader of the men's chorus. He was also past
  treasurer of Allegheny Mennonite Conference; a retired farmer and a retired
  machinist from Miller Machine Works, at Springs.
    Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ruth (Cash) Yoder; three sons, Bradley L.
  Yoder, North Manchester, Ind.; Wayne A. Yoder, Frostburg, and Keith S. Yoder,
  Winchester, Va.; and a daughter, Mrs. Avon Good, Lima, Ohio; a brother, Owen
  Yoder, Berlin, a sister, Mrs. Vernie Maust, Meyersdale, and nine
  grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home.
    Services were conducted in Springs Mennonite Church with the Rev. Steven
  Heatwole and the Rev. Earl Yoder, officiating. Interment, Springs Cemetery.
   
  The Republic, July 26, 1984