OBIT: Edward Roy YODER, 2004, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  EDWARD ROY YODER

  Edward Roy Yoder, 77, Hemlock Drive, Grantsville, Md., died March 22, 2004,
  at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.  Born June 2, 1926, in Defiance,
  Ohio, he is a son of the late Bert and Sue (Bontrager) Yoder.  He was
  preceded in death by his first wife, Norma (Miller) Yoder; one daughter,
  Cynthia; one granddaughter, Marcie Ann Deal and one sister, Rhoda Yoder.
  Mr. Yoder is survived by his wife, Esther (Beachy) Yoder; one son, Dennis
  Yoder and wife, Mona Lee, Meyersdale; two daughters, Ardith Deal and
  husband, Terry, Salisbury; Bernice Garlitz and husband, David, Grantsville;
  one brother, Clayton Yoder, Springs; four sisters, Ruth Yoder, Grantsville;
  Irene Maust and husband, Jonas, Walnut Creek, Ohio; Martha Yoder and
  husband, Norman, Grantsville; Mary Miller and husband, Ivan, Greenwood,
  Del.; and four grandchildren, Mike, Kristi and Megan Garlitz and Katie
  Deal.  Mr. Yoder was a member of Cherry Glade Mennonite Church, where he
  served in various church activities and committees and was currently
  president of the Cherry Glade Medical Sharing Plan.  He had been employed
  for 25 years as a meat cutter and manager of the meat case department at
  Yoder Locker Plant.  He retired from Goodwill Mennonite Home as head of
  maintenance. Friends will be received 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4 and
  7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., 179 Miller St.,
  Grantsville, Md.  Service will be conducted on 10 a.m. Friday at Cherry
  Glade Mennonite Church.  The Rev. Barry Maust, the Rev. Ivan J. Maust and
  the Rev. Joe Byler officiating. Friends may call at the church one hour
  prior to the service.  Interment will be in Oak Dale Cemetery, Salisbury.
  Expressions of sympathy may be directed to the Leukemia Foundation or
  Cherry Glade Mennonite Church. Condolences may be sent to the family at
  www.newmanfuneralhomes.com.
  
  03/24/2004 Daily American

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  EDWARD ROY YODER
  June 2, 1926 
  March 22, 2004
  
  Edward Roy Yoder, 77, of Grantsville, Md., died Monday, March 22, 2004, at
  Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
  Born June 2, 1926, in Defiance, Ohio, he was a son of the late Bert and
  Sue (Bontrager) Yoder.
  He was preceded in death by his first wife, Norma (Miller) Yoder; one
  daughter, Cynthia; one granddaughter, Marcie Ann Deal and one sister, Rhoda
  Yoder.
  Mr. Yoder was a member of Cherry Glade Mennonite Church, where he served
  in various church activities and committees and was currently president of
  the Cherry Glade Medical Sharing Plan.  He had been employed for 25 years as
  a meat cutter and manager of the meat case department at Yoder Locker Plant.
  He retired from Goodwill Mennonite Home as head of maintenance.
  Mr. Yoder is survived by his wife, Esther (Beachy) Yoder; one son, Dennis
  Yoder and wife Mona Lee, Meyersdale; two daughters: Ardith Deal and husband
  Terry, Salisbury; Bernice Garlitz and husband David, Grantsville; one
  brother, Clayton Yoder, Springs; four sisters: Ruth Yoder, Grantsville;
  Irene Maust and husband Jonas, Walnut Creek, Ohio; Martha Yoder and husband
  Norman, Grantsville; Mary Miller and husband Ivan, Greenwood, Del.; and four
  grandchildren: Mike, Kristi and Megan Garlitz and Katie Deal.
  Friends were received from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and will be received from
  2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday (today) at the Newman Funeral Home, P.A.,
  Grantsville.  Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. on Friday at Cherry
  Glade Mennonite Church with the Rev. Barry Maust, the Rev. Ivan J. Maust
  and the Rev. Joe Byler officiating. Friends may call at the church one hour
  prior to the services.  Interment will be in Oak Dale Cemetery, Salisbury.
  Expressions of sympathy may be directed to the Leukemia Foundation or
  Cherry Glade Mennonite Church.
  Condolences may be sent to the family at www.newmanfuneralhomes.com.
  
   3/25/2004  New Republic