Obituaries

Mennobits — Gospel Witness & Gospel Herald, 1905–1924

Index to 274 Amish & Mennonite Yoder obituaries (surname Yoder at death).

Mennobits - Gospel Witness and Gospel Herald 1905-1924

Yoder Extraction - Yoder, Joder, Yother, Yothers

Index to 274 Amish and Mennonite Yoder Obituaries


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These files are presented by the Yoder Newsletter (YNL, P O Box 594,Goshen, IN 46527 for subscription information). For questions, write Chris Yoder, 203 Lakeshire Rd., Battle Creek, MI 49015 or email at [email protected].


This list was extracted from the Mennobits Project Main Index. It is a listing of all Yoders (surnames at death) whose obituaries were published in the magazines Gospel Witness and Gospel Herald for the years 1905-1924.

If you see a listing and wish to read the obituary, it is online at :

Mennobit Project (Amish/Mennonite Obituaries) at:
http://www.mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/index.html

The designation "HT" after the year, as in "1907HT" means "1907, Herald of Truth". The Mennobits project is transcribing obituaries for three magazines: Herald of Truth (HT), Gospel Witness (GW), and Gospel Herald (GH), so there was a need to specify in the over-lapping years.The "HT", "GW", and "GH" designations were not stripped away for this extraction. The transcribing process continues, but is now complete to end of 1924.

A column has been added to this list -- "YNL - ID#". At the moment this column is under development. Chris says:

"The cross-references to the Yoder "ID" numbers are based on a cursory
review and assignment. The details of obituary and family have not been
compared in all cases, so some of the matches may not be correct. Send any
corrections or additions to Chris Yoder at [email protected]. We will also be
gradually expanding on and validating the cross-references."

Note: publication dates are NOT death dates, but the date the obituary was published; usually 2-6 weeks after the death.

To use --- Easy as one,two three:

  • 1. Find the name you are interested in,
  • 2. note the publication date,
  • 3. go to the Mennobits site to read the obituary.

Mennobits - Yoder Extraction
Surname "Yoder" at Death - Gospel Witness and Gospel Herald 1905-1924
Surname at Death Given Name(s) Maiden Name Publication Date  YNL - ID#
 Yoder  Aaron D.  ______  Oct  25  1923 YR26126623
Yoder Aaron J. ______ Jun 2 1910 YR234b1
Yoder Abaline Roush Mar 4 1920 w/oYR251113
Yoder Abraham A. ______ Nov 20 1924 YR26121151
Yoder Ada Martin Jun 10 1915  
Yoder Adam ______ Apr 25 1912 YR23b825
Yoder Adam ______ Mar 28 1918 YB13421d
Yoder Agnes ______ Jun 29 1916  
Yoder Albert ______ Feb 25 1915 YR23443351
Yoder Albert Kenneth ______ Apr 13 1922  
Yoder Alice H. ______ Jan 26 1911 YR1285243
Yoder Amanda ______ Feb 8 1923 w/oYR2612621
Yoder Amanda Kline Mar 21 1906GW w/oYR127359
Yoder Amanda A. ______ Apr 13 1916 YA2921
Yoder Amos A. ______ Aug 9 1923 YR2344347
Yoder Amos M. ______ Dec 6 1923 YRB1816
Yoder Amos M. ______ Jul 12 1923 YR121123
Yoder Ananias ______ Feb 9 1922 YR239b5
Yoder Anna Fordenwald Jun 18 1914 w/oYR12a32
Yoder Anna Weldy Jun 2 1921  
Yoder Anna V. ______ May 11 1911 YR162a42
Yoder Annie Kemp Mar 13 1924 YR261751
Yoder Annie Kemp Mar 20 1924 YR261751
Yoder Annie Swartzendruber Dec 23 1909 w/oYR261754
Yoder Annie M. ______ Nov 28 1908GH YR2341265
Yoder Arie S. ______ Mar 9 1911 ??YR2354474
Yoder Barbara ______ Jul 1 1920 YR26876
Yoder Barbara ______ May 31 1917 w/oYR236521
Yoder Barbara ______ Oct 23 1919 w/oYR261135
Yoder Barbara Kaufman May 11 1922 w/oYR23448
Yoder Barbara Miller Feb 6 1909 w/oYR12134
Yoder Barbara Pletcher Aug 7 1913 w/oYB134531
Yoder Ben ______ Jan 3 1924  
Yoder Benjamin ______ Jun 18 1914 YA293
Yoder Bessie Elizabeth ______ Mar 11 1915  
Yoder Beulah Fae ______ Aug 30 1917  
Yoder Blanche ______ Sep 4 1924  
Yoder Carrie E. ______ Sep 21 1911 YR234491a
Yoder Cassie Troyer Nov 14 1918 w/oYR2611353
Yoder Cassie Troyer Nov 28 1918 w/oYR2611353
Yoder Catharine ______ Mar 6 1909 YR23545
Yoder Catharine ______ Nov 18 1909  
Yoder Catharine Stahley Feb 16 1911 w/oYR12738
Yoder Catherine Campbell May 1 1919 w/oYR251441
Yoder Cathrina Rohrer Feb 15 1917 w/oYR234b1
Yoder Charles D. ______ Oct 11 1923 YR2337473
Yoder Charley ______ Apr 20 1911  
Yoder Christian ______ May 13 1909 YA33
Yoder Christian B. ______ Dec 25 1924 YR146294
Yoder Christian C. ______ Jun 9 1910 YR14627
Yoder Christian D. ______ May 12 1921 YR17425
Yoder Christian D. ______ May 19 1921 YR17425
Yoder Christian E. ______ Feb 23 1911 YR234535
Yoder Christian K. ______ Jun 1 1911  
Yoder Christian P. ______ Jun 2 1921 YR146254
Yoder Clara Troyer Jan 14 1915 w/oYR1257314
Yoder Cornelius D. ______ Jul 10 1907GW YR12134
Yoder Daniel C. ______ Apr 3 1909 YR146294
Yoder Daniel J. ______ Mar 11 1915 YR2341256
Yoder Daniel S. ______ Mar 29 1923 YR239412
Yoder Daniel S. ______ Oct 4 1923 YR261113
Yoder David ______ Jan 12 1911  
Yoder David D. ______ Apr 14 1921 YR233747
Yoder David D. ______ Sep 10 1914 YR23944
Yoder David J. ______ May 16 1918 YR261262
Yoder David M. ______ Dec 22 1910 YR234123
Yoder David P. ______ Jun 29 1911 YR146256
Yoder David P. ______ Sep 20 1923 YR23b42
Yoder Delton Ray ______ Mar 20 1924  
Yoder Donald Leroy ______ Apr 28 1921  
Yoder Drusilla Miller Feb 3 1921  
Yoder Earl Ray ______ Nov 2 1916  
Yoder Edith Cordelle ______ Jan 8 1914  
Yoder Edna Pauline ______ Mar 27 1924  
Yoder Effie Zook Apr 8 1920 w/oYR1461263
Yoder Effie Mae ______ Sep 21 1922 YRB11456
Yoder Eliza ______ May 13 1920 YR23418519
Yoder Elizabeth ______ Feb 8 1912 w/oYR25341
Yoder Elizabeth ______ May 23 1908GH w/oYB1372
Yoder Elizabeth Blough Nov 25 1915 w/oYR23345
Yoder Elizabeth Kauffman Jul 8 1909 YR23457
Yoder Elizabeth Schlatter May 20 1920 w/oYA245
Yoder Elizabeth Walters Jan 9 1919  
Yoder Elizabeth K. Harztler Mar 18 1920 w/oYR253412
Yoder Ella Rose Oesch Feb 21 1918 w/oYRB178d
Yoder Elmer ______ May 9 1918 YB1345331
Yoder Elmer H. ______ Apr 29 1915  
Yoder Elsie Ursula Good Feb 9 1922 w/oYB137331
Yoder Emma Ratzlaff Dec 26 1912 w/oYR12135
Yoder Emma Troyer Sep 4 1924 w/oYR127364
Yoder Ervia A. ______ Feb 22 1923 YR2511139
Yoder Ezra ______ Apr 24 1924 YR128523
Yoder Ezra B. ______ Nov 24 1921 YR146291
Yoder Fannie Kauffman Feb 22 1917  
Yoder Fannie Kurtz Jul 10 1913 w/oYR25148
Yoder Fannie Miller Feb 15 1923 w/oYR233747
Yoder Fannie Nofziger Apr 12 1923  
Yoder Fannie Zook Nov 13 1919 w/oYR1462a2
Yoder Fannie J. ______ Jul 25 1918  
Yoder Fannie Pearl ______ Dec 12 1918  
Yoder Fannie Pearl ______ Dec 19 1918  
Yoder Fanny S. ______ Mar 21 1906GW w/oYR23454
Yoder Florence ______ Dec 7 1916  
Yoder Frank Harris ______ Dec 19 1918 YR1462916
Yoder Frona Smucker Oct 23 1924 w/oYR1462b3
Yoder Gabriel ______ Nov 20 1919 YR251221
Yoder Gale A. ______ Sep 26 1908GH YB13788--
Yoder George Vernon ______ Feb 16 1922 YB137817
Yoder Gideon ______ Apr 15 1909 YR23B22
Yoder Gideon ______ Oct 3 1906GW YR12736
Yoder Glenn ______ May 21 1914  
Yoder Grant ______ Dec 11 1907GW YR2334527
Yoder Hannah ______ Jun 7 1917 YR12853
Yoder Harold Delos ______ Mar 28 1918 w/oYR2337a
Yoder Harriet Riehl Nov 7 1908GH  
Yoder Harry Jonathan ______ Jul 10 1907GW  
Yoder Harvey Herman ______ Apr 6 1911  
Yoder Henry D. ______ Nov 2 1916 YB13716
Yoder Henry D. ______ Nov 30 1916 YR2689B
Yoder Henry H. ______ Jul 7 1921 YR2344339
Yoder Ida Kropf Apr 11 1918 w/oYR239b72
Yoder Ira J. ______ Nov 7 1918  
Yoder Isaac M. ______ Apr 13 1916 YR234124
Yoder Isaac P. ______ Apr 26 1923 YRB1142
Yoder Isaac Z. ______ Sep 21 1922 YR26879
Yoder Israel M. ______ Feb 19 1920 YR1462B1
Yoder J. Orden ______ Sep 5 1908GH YRB114B2
Yoder Jacob ______ Jul 16 1914 YA2A
Yoder Jacob ______ Oct 20 1910  
Yoder Jacob ______ Oct 24 1912 YR23653
Yoder Jacob ______ Oct 3 1912 YR23567
Yoder Jacob G. ______ Nov 16 1911 YRB18162
Yoder Jacob K. ______ May 9 1912 YR25391
Yoder Jacob N. ______ Dec 18 1919 YR162a4
Yoder Jacob S. ______ Apr 24 1924 YR234188
Yoder Jacob S. ______ May 22 1907GW YR23453
Yoder Jacob V. ______ Mar 13 1909 YR12532B
Yoder Jacob Y. ______ Jun 5 1913 YR261754
Yoder James Howard ______ Feb 3 1921 YR146471
Yoder Jason Elwood ______ Mar 23 1916 YRB1188
Yoder Jay Howard ______ Sep 3 1914  
Yoder Jesse Ray ______ May 26 1910 YR1284146
Yoder John ______ Apr 25 1908GH YR233D4
Yoder John ______ Jan 26 1922  
Yoder John D. ______ Nov 1 1923 YR233882
Yoder John Howard ______ Mar 10 1921 YR251225
Yoder John K. ______ Aug 15 1906GW YRB113
Yoder John K. ______ Nov 28 1918  
Yoder John R. ______ Dec 2 1920 YR146115
Yoder John S. ______ Jan 1 1908GW YR12738
Yoder John S. ______ Nov 10 1921 YR12173
Yoder Jonas B. ______ Aug 26 1915 YR261135
Yoder Jonas B. ______ Sep 2 1915 YR261135
Yoder Jonas C. ______ Oct 12 1911 YRB186
Yoder Jonas ______ Sep 25 1907GW YR12864
Yoder Jonathan ______ Feb 13 1909 YR25735
Yoder Jonathan ______ Jul 19 1917 YA33A
Yoder Jonathan A. ______ Apr 25 1918 YR25764
Yoder Jonathan D. ______ Feb 1 1917 YRB1712
Yoder Jonathan D. ______ Nov 2 1916 YR127356
Yoder Joseph ______ Jan 20 1916  
Yoder Joseph ______ Jul 13 1916 YR234414
Yoder Joseph ______ Mar 18 1908GW YR12735
Yoder Joseph J. ______ Mar 9 1916 YR2344911
Yoder Joseph K. ______ Mar 21 1912 YR146267
Yoder Joseph T. ______ Jul 28 1921 YR234515
Yoder Joshua ______ Apr 5 1917 YR12793
Yoder Kate Mumah Aug 22 1918 w/oYR239e1
Yoder Katharine Freidt Jun 1 1916  
Yoder Kathryn ______ Feb 26 1908GW YRB17323
Yoder Katie Kurtz Jan 26 1911  
Yoder Katie Wingard Apr 27 1916 w/oYR25122c4
Yoder Lavina Weaver Jan 23 1919  
Yoder Leah ______ Nov 14 1912 YR23b81
Yoder Leah Burkholder Jan 5 1911  
Yoder Lena ______ Mar 14 1906GW w/oYB1374
Yoder Leroy ______ Dec 12 1918  
Yoder Levi D. ______ Jun 1 1916 YR233746
Yoder Levi E. ______ Jun 8 1916  
Yoder Levi J. ______ Feb 12 1908GW YR234465
Yoder Levi N. ______ Feb 7 1924 YR162A5
Yoder Lewis ______ Dec 26 1906GW YB1371
Yoder Lois Lucretia ______ Nov 1 1923  
Yoder Lomie Hartzler Feb 24 1921  
Yoder Louella Fern ______ Mar 29 1917  
Yoder Lucy A. ______ Jul 12 1923 YR12538A
Yoder Lydia ______ Jul 25 1908GH  
Yoder Lydia Hartzler Jul 17 1924  
Yoder Lydia Smiley Feb 9 1922 w/oYRB1131
Yoder Lydia Swartzendruber Jun 11 1914 w/oYR239b82
Yoder Lydia Ann Lantz Mar 27 1924  
Yoder Lydia C. ______ Aug 23 1917  
Yoder Lydia E. ______ Jan 8 1914  
Yoder Magdalena Lehman Kauffman Sep 4 1924 w/oYR261221
Yoder Maggie Rees Aug 26 1909 w/oYR127384
Yoder Malinda Peachy Jun 14 1917 w/oYR1279a
Yoder Malon ______ Mar 7 1918 YR233752
Yoder Manassas A. ______ Feb 6 1913  
Yoder Marian Shoris Mar 24 1921 YA2922
Yoder Martha ______ Jun 17 1920  
Yoder Mary ______ Jun 22 1922  
Yoder Mary ______ Jun 6 1912  
Yoder Mary ______ Sep 26 1906GW  
Yoder Mary Beechy Oct 29 1914 YR1461233
Yoder Mary Bontrager Oct 27 1921  
Yoder Mary Hochstetler Dec 26 1918 w/oYR26172
Yoder Mary Kauffman Sep 7 1916  
Yoder Mary Nold Dec 2 1909 w/oYB13484
Yoder Mary Stutzman Dec 19 1918 w/oYR261162a
Yoder Mary Swartzendruber Nov 11 1920  
Yoder Mary Wingard Feb 6 1919 w/oYR2344339
Yoder Mary Ann Smiley Dec 21 1916 w/oYRB1133
Yoder Mary E. ______ Feb 13 1919  
Yoder Mary Eva Whitmer May 11 1922  
Yoder Mary Irene ______ Mar 2 1922  
Yoder Maryann Hochstetler Mar 7 1918 w/oYR125731
Yoder Matilda A. ______ Dec 20 1923  
Yoder Mattie Albrecht Jul 1 1920  
Yoder Mattie Bontrager Jan 16 1919 w/oYR2344358
Yoder Mattie S. ______ Jun 16 1910  
Yoder Maude E. and son ______ Nov 10 1910 w/oYR1462932
Yoder Michael ______ Mar 22 1923 YR12852
Yoder Minerva Ellen ______ Mar 28 1918 YR2341887
Yoder Moses ______ Jul 17 1924 YR23568
Yoder Moses H. ______ Jun 29 1911  
Yoder Moses P. ______ Dec 15 1910 YR251114
Yoder Moses W. ______ Jun 1 1916 YR25718
Yoder Nancy ______ Dec 12 1908GH  
Yoder Nancy Hartzler Mar 28 1918  
Yoder Nancy A. ______ May 31 1923 YR261312
Yoder Nancy A. Plank Feb 8 1917 w/oYR253233
Yoder Nettie Mishler Nov 25 1920 w/oYR2334523
Yoder Noah ______ Mar 15 1917 YR1462a
Yoder Noah S. ______ May 31 1923 YR261114
Yoder Noah W. ______ Jan 16 1919 YR17426
Yoder Noah Z. ______ Nov 21 1918 YR251185
Yoder O.C. ______ Dec 10 1914  
Yoder Oak Vernon ______ Jun 27 1918 YRB11451
Yoder Oles Amelia ______ Apr 4 1908GH YR234b155
Yoder Oliver ______ Jul 23 1914 YR2514832
Yoder Ollie Plank Nov 6 1907GW  
Yoder Orland Isaiah ______ Aug 21 1924  
Yoder Orpha Celesta ______ May 10 1917 w/oYR2611348
Yoder Pauline May ______ Nov 11 1915  
Yoder Peter ______ Sep 23 1909  
Yoder Phoebe Ellen ______ Mar 7 1912 YR1462915
Yoder Polly ______ Jun 6 1906GW w/oYR239412
Yoder Ray Vernon ______ Sep 4 1924  
Yoder Rebecca Smoker Sep 26 1912 w/oYR251244
Yoder Reuben ______ Apr 4 1912 YR2337a
Yoder Reuben C. ______ May 10 1917 YR251492
Yoder Robert ______ Dec 23 1915  
Yoder Robert Aaron ______ May 24 1923 YR2344883
Yoder Robert Stanley ______ Sep 4 1924  
Yoder Rosella ______ Feb 10 1921 d/oYR2511139
Yoder Ruby Ella Haynes Jan 20 1921  
Yoder Ruth ______ Mar 18 1920  
Yoder Ruth Riddle Nov 28 1918  
Yoder Ruth Anna ______ Jun 24 1920  
Yoder Ruth Evelyn ______ Nov 3 1921  
Yoder Ruth Irene ______ Jul 1 1920  
Yoder Sadie ______ May 3 1923  
Yoder Saloma Peachy Feb 5 1920 w/oYR2536223
Yoder Salome Zook Apr 9 1914  
Yoder Samuel B. ______ May 13 1920 YR239e1
Yoder Samuel C. ______ Mar 4 1920 YR146221
Yoder Samuel K. ______ Apr 10 1913 YR1285243
Yoder Samuel K. ______ Jun 4 1914 YRB178
Yoder Samuel S. ______ Jun 14 1917 YR261117
Yoder Samuel Y. ______ Dec 17 1914 YR23654
Yoder Sarah ______ Apr 15 1920  
Yoder Sarah ______ Jun 29 1911 YR235a3
Yoder Sarah ______ Mar 24 1910  
Yoder Sarah Byler Mar 15 1923 w/oYR251114
Yoder Sarah Gerber Jul 24 1913 w/oYR121123
Yoder Sarah Miller Dec 26 1918 w/oYR261262
Yoder Sarah Miller Mar 20 1924 w/oYR2613221
Yoder Sarah Zook Feb 16 1922 w/oYRB114
Yoder Sarah A. Kauffman Apr 8 1920 w/oYR26879
Yoder Sarah E. ______ Jul 10 1919 YR23422
Yoder Sarah E. Hershberger May 10 1923  
Yoder Sarah R. Mast Feb 3 1921  
Yoder Sarah ______ May 8 1907GW  
Yoder Simon D. ______ Jan 27 1910 YR12135
Yoder Simon J. ______ Mar 31 1921 YR1253593
Yoder Solomon ______ Feb 1 1917 YR23b23
Yoder Stephan ______ Jan 6 1921  
Yoder Stephen ______ May 23 1908GH YR125722
Yoder Susan Olspaugh Apr 21 1921  
Yoder Susan Stevanus Apr 12 1923 w/oYR12173
Yoder Susanna ______ Jan 5 1911  
Yoder Susanna ______ Sep 22 1921 w/oYR2611392
Yoder Susanna Gerber Apr 27 1911 w/oYR165a5
Yoder Sylvanus Glen ______ Dec 26 1918  
Yoder Terace Stutzman Sep 10 1914  
Yoder Thornton L. ______ Sep 18 1924 YRB693
Yoder Timothy ______ Jan 19 1911  
Yoder Tobias ______ Jun 27 1906GW YR26172
Yoder Velma Inez ______ Apr 15 1909 YR23544621
Yoder Vera ______ Sep 4 1924  
Yoder Veronica ______ Nov 29 1905GW  
Yoder Violet Rebecca ______ Aug 17 1911 YR23544623
Yoder Willard Franklin ______ Jan 4 1912  
Yoder William ______ Dec 11 1907GW  
Yoder William Y. ______ Apr 17 1924 YR261759
Yoder Yost ______ Jun 28 1905GW YR26175
Yothers Annie ______ Oct 23 1924  

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