OBIT: Gilda May (STEVANUS) YODER, 1999, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  YODER
  
  Gilda May Yoder, 71, of 388 Sunny Vale Rd., Meyersdale, died Nov. 28, 1999,
  at her residence. Born Nov. 3, 1928, in Coal Run, Pa., she was a daughter of
  the late Jerry and Alverta (Stevanus) Stevanus. She was also preceded in
  death by two husbands David T. Yoder, July 22, 1963 and Albert R. Yoder,
  March 1, 1996: two sons, Donald L. Yoder and an infant; one granddaughter,
  Laura Peck; one sister, Mabel Stevanus; and one brother, Dewey Stevanus.
  Survived by five daughters, Mrs. Bradley (Penny) Mason, Mrs. David (Patricia)
  Knopsnyder, Mrs. Steven (Tammy) Hoover, all of Meyersdale; Mrs. Steven
  (Teresa) Trau, Margate, Fla., and Mrs. Scott (Roberta) Peck, Fort Hill, Pa.;
  two brothers, Clifford J. Stevanus, Somerset, and Martin W. Stevanus,
  Confluence; 14 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Member of Salisbury
  Church of the Brethren. She was a homemaker. Friends will be received from
  2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Monday at the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., Grantsville, Md.,
  where services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, with the Rev. Daniel J.
  Whitacre officiating. Interment, Salisbury Cemetery. Pallbearers will be
  Richard, David and John Mason, Barry Jacobs, Dan Haines and David Knopsnyder
  Jr. Expressions of sympathy may be directed to either Salisbury Church of the
  Brethren or Somerset "In Touch" Hospice.
  
  Daily American, November 29, 1999