Memorial Service for

               Emma J. Yoder

               Sunday,  November 1^st, 2020

 

Opening remarks and prayer.. Ed Yoder

Congregational Songs……….. Aden Miller

        Songs -   Rock of Ages & Standing on the Promises

 

Devotions………………………………. Linford Stutzman

 

Message………………………………………. Chad Wengerd

 

Family tributes

 

Obituary………………………..…………….. Mike Yoder

Interment –                 Union Hill Cemetery

 

Arrangements –      Smith – Varns Funeral Home

                           Pallbearers

     Clinton Yoder                     Brandon Yoder

    Eric Hershberger                 Anthony Rorick

    Cordell Miller                      Ross Yoder    

  

John 14:1-4

      “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God^[a]; believe also in me.   ² My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that    I am going there to prepare a place for you? ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. ⁴ You know the way to the place where I am going.”                        

 

Children

                     Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren:

Gary & Michele Yoder

Brittany Williams – Aubrey, Blake

Brandon (Hannah) Yoder

 

Ruth (Yost) Miller

Kelly (Linford) Stutzman – Connor, Brooke, Drew, Allison

Erica (Chad) Wengerd – Zachary, Christopher, Ariana, Mia

Cordell (Kayla) Miller –  Eden

 

Joyce (Les) Miller

Samantha (Luke) Hall – Emmersyn, Remington

Eric M. Hershberger

Mike (Regina) Yoder

Alisha (Ian) Numbers – Wylie, Weber, Worth

Ross (Staci) Yoder – Harley

Clinton Yoder

Anna (Robert) Rorick

Mercedes – Cadence, Brantley

Asia

Anthony

                                    Obituary

Emma J. Yoder, 87, of Walnut Creek passed away on Thursday, October 29^th, 2020 at Walnut Hills Nursing Home after a period of declining health.

She was born in Millersburg on May 24^th, 1933 to the late Jacob and Cora (Miller) Beachy and married Noah Beachy on March 14^th, 1957. He died on December 3^rd, 1964.

She was a member of Sharon Conservative Mennonite Church.

She leaves behind 5 children, Gary (Michele) Yoder of Dover, Ruth (Yost) Miller of Berlin, Joyce (Les) Miller of Mt. Eaton, Mike (Regina) Yoder of Sugarcreek, and Anna (Robert) Rorick of Spotsylvania, VA; 13 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; brother Jacob (Erma) Beachy and sister-in-law Sarah (Roman) Beachy.

In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by her sisters Lizzie Ann (Crist) Schrock, Verna (David) Miller, Mary (Atlee) Miller; brothers Roman Beachy and Mose Beachy; brothers and sisters-in-law Noah and Silva Beachy, Levi and Edna Beachy, Albert and Emma Beachy, Alvin and Maudie Beachy, and 2 sons-in-law Yost Miller and Dennis Hershberger.

Services will be held on Sunday, November 1^st, at 10AM at Sharon Conservative Mennonite Church in Sugarcreek, OH with Bishop Ed Yoder officiating. Burial will follow in Union Hill Cemetary. Friends may call on Saturday from 3-6PM at the church where social distancing will be observed. Arrangements will be handled by Smith – Varns Funeral Home in Sugarcreek. Please visit the funeral home website to share a memory.

The family would like to thank the Walnut Hills Community and Community Hospice for all their care and support during this time.