Reverend Samuel Yoder, Jr.

Gospel Herald - Volume XVIII, Number 2 - April 9, 1925,

Samuel Yoder was born in Holmes Co., Ohio, May 3, 1835. With his parents, when yet a young boy, he came to Elkhart Co., Ind. He married Elizabeth Woods of Gardner, Ill., April 22, 1858. In 1865, they moved on a farm seven miles west of South Bend, Ind. At that place he was ordained to the ministry of the Gospel in the Mennonite Church by Bishop John M. Benneman of Ohio, Jan. 11, 1867, and had charge of a small congregation near his home. In the fall of 1885, they moved to Elkhart, Ind., where for a number of years he lived at 1309 Prairie St. (almost opposite the Church) and assisted Bro. John F. Funk with the pastoral oversight of the Prairie St. congregation. Following the death of his first wife in 1903, he married Susan K. Lehman of Cullom, Ill., Sept. 11, 1905, and continued his residence here until her death in 1921, when he went to make his home with his son, Elmer, near South Bend. He was the father of eight children, three of whom preceded him in death, Tabitha, died Jan., 1864; Alexander, Sept. 21, 1878; and Della, June, 1892. Those surviving him are, Elmer E., George, Mrs. Myra Baker, Mrs. Mary Feerrar, and Miss Anna Yoder, besides seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and a large number of relatives and friends. He died of infirmities of old age on March 12, 1925; aged 89 y. 10 m. 9 d. He was buried at Prairie St. Cemetery, Elkhart, on Sunday, March 15, 1925. The son's family, with whom he had his home, being quarantined for scarlatina at the time of his death, services were conducted only at the grave and memorial services were held at Elkhart on Sunday, March 29, by J. S. Hartzler, John F. Funk, and Jacob K. Bixler.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 9 2021, 11:18:07 UTC