Mary Anna YoderMary Anna Yoder, 86, Etna Green, died at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, at her home.
She was born Dec. 28, 1932, in Goshen to Cephas and Amelia “Millie” Hochstetler Nisley. On April 4, 1957, she married Emmon Yoder and he died July 23, 2010.
Surviving are five children, Bertha (David) Miller, Etna Green; Philip (Kathy) Yoder, Goshen; Esther Yoder, Etna Green; Freeman (Debbie) Yoder, Middlebury; Dorothy (Tim) Schwartz, New Paris; daughter-in-law, Doris Yoder, Nappanee; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Esther Nisley, Goshen.
Preceding her in death are her parents; husband; son, Menno Yoder; two grandchildren, Christopher Miller and Trevor Yoder; three brothers, Ray, John and Willis; and a sister, Fannie Mae Hochstetler.
Mary Anna was a homemaker and a member of Clay Street Mennonite Church, Bourbon. She was very dedicated to the Lord and a blessing to the brotherhood. She enjoyed working in her flowerbeds and garden. Mary Anna loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 and the funeral service will be 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11, all at Maple Lawn Mennonite Church, 29267 CR 52, Nappanee. Home ministry will officiate. Burial will follow at Maple Lawn Mennonite Cemetery.
Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret-Lienhart Funeral Home, Wakarusa, is handling arrangements.
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