OBIT: Crist H. YODER, 2003, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  CRIST H. YODER
  
  September 4, 1919 - October 29, 2003
  
    Crist H. Yoder, 84, of Grantsville, Md., died Wednesday, October 29, 2003,
  at Goodwill Mennonite Home, Grantsville.
    Born in Grantsville, September 4, 1919, he was the son of the late Ezra and
  Savilla (Beachy) Yoder.
    He was preceded in death by three brothers: Walter, Rufus and Irvin; two
  sisters: Anna and Elizabeth; his stepmother, Amanda Yoder and two
  granddaughters: Kathy and Kerri Ann Yoder.
    Mr. Yoder accepted Christ in his youth. He was a member of Mountain View
  Mennonite Church and he enjoyed music. He was a retired farmer and also had
  an egg and meat route in Cumberland, Md.
    Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Rhoda (Schrock) Yoder; three sons: Paul
  and wife Dorothy, Salisbury; David and wife Esther, Grantsville; Mark and wife
  Debbie, Felton; six daughters: Lois Yoder and husband John, Jr., Orrvllle,
  Ohio; Dorcas Macinta and husband Pete, Cambridge, Md.; Ruth, Grantsville;
  Naomi Showalter and husband Ernest, Waynesboro, Va.; Anna Moser and husband,
  Beryl, Grantsville; Rachel Brenneman and husband Bill, West Jefferson, Ohio;
  four sisters: Sarah Yoder, Chesapeake, Va.; Elsie Schrock, Grantsville;
  Frieda Yoder, Mt. Joy; Pauline Schrock, Fairfax, Va.; two brothers: Cloyd,
  Meyersdale; Floyd, Bittinger, Md.; 29 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
  He will be missed by many.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., Grantsville, on
  Friday. Services were conducted at Mountain View Mennonite Church, Salisbury,
  on Saturday with the Rev. Jerry Yoder and the Rev. Simon N. Schrock
  officiating.
    Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery.
    Condolences may be sent to the family at www.newmanfuneralhomes.com.
  
  New Republic, November 6, 2003
  
  YODER
  
  Crist H. Yoder of Grantsville Md., died Oct. 29, 2003 Friends will be
  received from to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Newman Funeral Homes P.A., 179
  Miller Street, Grantsville, Md. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m.
  Saturday at Mountain View Mennonite Church, Salisbury.
  
  Daily American, October 30, 2003