OBIT: Mary I. (FIRL) YODER, 2004, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MARY I. (FIRL) YODER

  Mary I. (Firl) Yoder, 92, Meyersdale, (Summit Mills), went to be with the
  Lord June 4, 2004, at Meyersdale Medical Center.  Born Feb. 7, 1912, in
  Summit Mills, daughter of the late Samuel and Ida (Maust) Firl.  Also
  preceded in death by her husband Russell E. Yoder, a son Clifford, three
  brothers, Earl, Lloyd and Ray Firl, two sisters, Esther Trexel and Louella
  LaRue and a great-granddaughter Jessica Baker.  Survived by five children,
  Russell Lee Yoder, Cumberland, Md.; Perry L. Yoder and his wife Alice,
  Roger A. Yoder and his wife Joyce, Clark O. Yoder and his wife Barbara all
  of Meyersdale. Linda, wife of Bruce Baker, Wilmington, Del., eight
  grandchildren Sharyn wife of Ken Hall, Magnoua, Del.; Scott Baker, Newark,
  Del.; Elizabeth Yoder, Martinsburg, Pa.; Kevin Yoder and his wife Penney,
  Meyersdale; Michelle Inks and Melanie, wife of John Love, all of
  Pittsburgh; Randy Yoder, Meyersdale; Rachel, wife of Michael Beckner,
  Temple, Texas; two great-grandchildren Tiffany Baker and Michael Hall,
  Del., a sister of Ethel Gnagey and Carl Firl both of Meyersdale.  A lifelong
  member of the Summit Mills Grace Brethren Church.  Also a member of Women of
  Grace and Foreign Missionary Society.  Friends will be received from 2 to 4
  and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale.  Service will
  be conducted 11 a.m. Monday at the Summit Mills Grace Brethren Church.  The
  body will lie in state from 10 a.m. until the time of service.  The Rev. Al
  Valentine officiating.  Interment St. Paul Wilhelm Cemetery.  In lieu of
  flowers memorials may be made to the Summit Mills Grace Brethren Church.
  Arrangements by the William Rowe Price Funeral Home Inc.
  
   06/05/2004 Daily American

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  MARY I. (FIRL) YODER 
  February 7, 1912 - June 4, 2004
  
  Mary I. (Firl) Yoder, 92, of Meyersdale (Summit Mills), went to be with
  the Lord, Friday, June 4, 2004, at Meyersdale Medical Center.
  Born February 7, 1912 in Summit Mills, she was a daughter of the late
  Samuel and Ida (Maust) Firl.
  She was also preceded in death by her husband Russell E. Yoder; a son
  Clifford; three brothers: Earl, Lloyd, and Ray Firl; two sisters: Esther
  Trexel and Louella LaRue; and a great-granddaughter Jessica Baker.
  She is survived by five children: Russell Lee Yoder, Cumberland, Md.;
  Perry L. Yoder and his wife Alice; Roger A. Yoder and his wife Joyce; Clark
  O. Yoder and his wife Barbara, all of Meyersdale; and Linda L., wife of
  Bruce Baker, Wilmington, Del.; eight grandchildren: Sharyn, wife of Ken
  Hall, Magnolia, Del.; Scott Baker, Newark, Del.; Elizabeth Yoder,
  Martinsburg; Kevin Yoder and his wife Penney, Meyersdale; Michelle Inks and
  Melanie, wife of John Love, all of Pittsburgh; Randy Yoder, Meyersdale;
  Rachel, wife of Michael Beckner, Temple Texas; two great-grandchildren:
  Tiffany Baker and Michael Hall, of Del.  She was a sister of Ethel Gnagey
  and Carl Firl, both of Meyersdale.
  Mary was a lifelong member of the Summit Mills Grace Brethren Church.  She
  was also a member of Women of Grace, and Foreign Missionary Society.
  Friends were received Sunday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale.
  Service was conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at the Summit Mills Grace Brethren
  Church, with the Rev.  Al Valentine officiating.  Interment, St. Paul's
  (Wilhelm) Cemetery.
  Memorials may be made to the Summit Mills Grace Brethren Church.
  Arrangements by the William Rowe Price Funeral Home, Inc., Meyersdale.
  
   06/10/2004  New Republic