Elizabeth A. Yoder
Elizabeth A. Yoder, 88, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009, at the Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village, Lewisburg.
Born in Lancaster on September 19, 1920, she was a daughter of Samuel and Fannie (Miller) Augsburger. She grew up in the Amish Church. She married her husband, Crist S. Yoder, on March 23, 1944 and joined him in Civilian Public Service in Wisconsin. Crist preceded her in death on March 7, 2002 after 57 years of marriage.
Elizabeth assisted her husband on the farm and enjoyed planting and raising vegetables and spending time in her flower garden. Later she did house cleaning in the Lewisburg area.
A member of the Buffalo Mennonite Church, she enthusiastically supported the work of Christ.
Elizabeth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, and will be missed.
Surviving are three daughters and sons-in law, Ferne and Ken Gochnauer of Wrightsville, Marcella and Dr. David Kerstetter of Bedford and Virginia and James Weaver of Lititz; four sons and daughters-in-law, Samuel and Barbara Yoder of Chambersburg, Glenn and Lynn Yoder of Lewisburg, Calvin and Colleen Yoder of Towanda and Joseph and Judy Yoder of Lewisburg; one sister, Mary Miller of East Earl; 19 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by two grandsons, Jeffrey Gochnauer and Steven Yoder; two brothers, Jacob and Samuel Augsburger; and three sisters, Barbara Smoker, Anna Lapp and Edna Kauffman.
Friends will be received from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday at Cronrath-Grenoble Funeral Home, S. 2nd & St. Louis Streets, Lewisburg, and again from 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday at the Buffalo Mennonite Church, 4445 Hoffa Mill Road, Lewisburg, where the funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Officiating will be her minister, Pastor C. David Peachey. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Radio Station WPGM, 8 East Market St., Danville, PA 17821.
Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster PA
June 17, 2009
Elizabeth A. Yoder, 88, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009, at the Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village, Lewisburg.
Born in Lancaster on September 19, 1920, she was a daughter of Samuel and Fannie (Miller) Augsburger. She grew up in the Amish Church. She married her husband, Crist S. Yoder, on March 23, 1944 and joined him in Civilian Public Service in Wisconsin. Crist preceded her in death on March 7, 2002 after 57 years of marriage.
Elizabeth assisted her husband on the farm and enjoyed planting and raising vegetables and spending time in her flower garden. Later she did house cleaning in the Lewisburg area.
A member of the Buffalo Mennonite Church, she enthusiastically supported the work of Christ.
Elizabeth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, and will be missed.
Surviving are three daughters and sons-in law, Ferne and Ken Gochnauer of Wrightsville, Marcella and Dr. David Kerstetter of Bedford and Virginia and James Weaver of Lititz; four sons and daughters-in-law, Samuel and Barbara Yoder of Chambersburg, Glenn and Lynn Yoder of Lewisburg, Calvin and Colleen Yoder of Towanda and Joseph and Judy Yoder of Lewisburg; one sister, Mary Miller of East Earl; 19 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by two grandsons, Jeffrey Gochnauer and Steven Yoder; two brothers, Jacob and Samuel Augsburger; and three sisters, Barbara Smoker, Anna Lapp and Edna Kauffman.
Friends will be received from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday at Cronrath-Grenoble Funeral Home, S. 2nd & St. Louis Streets, Lewisburg, and again from 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday at the Buffalo Mennonite Church, 4445 Hoffa Mill Road, Lewisburg, where the funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Officiating will be her minister, Pastor C. David Peachey. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Radio Station WPGM, 8 East Market St., Danville, PA 17821.
Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster PA
June 17, 2009
Elizabeth A. Yoder
Elizabeth A. Yoder, 88, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009, at the Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village, Lewisburg.
Born in Lancaster on September 19, 1920, she was a daughter of Samuel and Fannie (Miller) Augsburger. She grew up in the Amish Church. She married her husband, Crist S. Yoder, on March 23, 1944 and joined him in Civilian Public Service in Wisconsin. Crist preceded her in death on March 7, 2002 after 57 years of marriage.
Elizabeth assisted her husband on the farm and enjoyed planting and raising vegetables and spending time in her flower garden. Later she did house cleaning in the Lewisburg area.
A member of the Buffalo Mennonite Church, she enthusiastically supported the work of Christ.
Elizabeth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, and will be missed.
Surviving are three daughters and sons-in law, Ferne and Ken Gochnauer of Wrightsville, Marcella and Dr. David Kerstetter of Bedford and Virginia and James Weaver of Lititz; four sons and daughters-in-law, Samuel and Barbara Yoder of Chambersburg, Glenn and Lynn Yoder of Lewisburg, Calvin and Colleen Yoder of Towanda and Joseph and Judy Yoder of Lewisburg; one sister, Mary Miller of East Earl; 19 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by two grandsons, Jeffrey Gochnauer and Steven Yoder; two brothers, Jacob and Samuel Augsburger; and three sisters, Barbara Smoker, Anna Lapp and Edna Kauffman.
Friends will be received from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday at Cronrath-Grenoble Funeral Home, S. 2nd & St. Louis Streets, Lewisburg, and again from 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday at the Buffalo Mennonite Church, 4445 Hoffa Mill Road, Lewisburg, where the funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Officiating will be her minister, Pastor C. David Peachey. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Radio Station WPGM, 8 East Market St., Danville, PA 17821.
Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster PA
June 17, 2009
Elizabeth A. Yoder, 88, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009, at the Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village, Lewisburg.
Born in Lancaster on September 19, 1920, she was a daughter of Samuel and Fannie (Miller) Augsburger. She grew up in the Amish Church. She married her husband, Crist S. Yoder, on March 23, 1944 and joined him in Civilian Public Service in Wisconsin. Crist preceded her in death on March 7, 2002 after 57 years of marriage.
Elizabeth assisted her husband on the farm and enjoyed planting and raising vegetables and spending time in her flower garden. Later she did house cleaning in the Lewisburg area.
A member of the Buffalo Mennonite Church, she enthusiastically supported the work of Christ.
Elizabeth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, and will be missed.
Surviving are three daughters and sons-in law, Ferne and Ken Gochnauer of Wrightsville, Marcella and Dr. David Kerstetter of Bedford and Virginia and James Weaver of Lititz; four sons and daughters-in-law, Samuel and Barbara Yoder of Chambersburg, Glenn and Lynn Yoder of Lewisburg, Calvin and Colleen Yoder of Towanda and Joseph and Judy Yoder of Lewisburg; one sister, Mary Miller of East Earl; 19 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by two grandsons, Jeffrey Gochnauer and Steven Yoder; two brothers, Jacob and Samuel Augsburger; and three sisters, Barbara Smoker, Anna Lapp and Edna Kauffman.
Friends will be received from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday at Cronrath-Grenoble Funeral Home, S. 2nd & St. Louis Streets, Lewisburg, and again from 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday at the Buffalo Mennonite Church, 4445 Hoffa Mill Road, Lewisburg, where the funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Officiating will be her minister, Pastor C. David Peachey. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Radio Station WPGM, 8 East Market St., Danville, PA 17821.
Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster PA
June 17, 2009
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