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J. Olen Yoder

Birth	:	29 Aug 1919 Middlebury, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	14 Nov 2016 Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	Forest Grove Cemetery, Middlebury, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.6318910, -85.6766810
Description	:	Lifelong Middlebury resident and farmer, J. Olen Yoder, 97, died Monday, November 14 at 6:18 PM at Greencroft Rehabilitation Center in Goshen, following a brief illness. He was born August 29, 1919 to Olen and Barbara (Mishler) Yoder in Middlebury. On December 30, 1955, in Henderson, NE he married Leona June Doell. Along with his wife, he is survived by 4 children, Sherry (Bruce) Wenger, of Wakarusa, IN, Richard (Juanita) Yoder, Middlebury, IN, Mary (Randy) Kinsman, Ovilla, TX and Anita (Steve) Miller, Goshen, IN; 9 grandchildren, Rachel Wenger, Brittany (Spencer) Short, Brian and Neil Yoder, Clint... Read More	Lifelong Middlebury resident and farmer, J. Olen Yoder, 97, died Monday, November 14 at 6:18 PM at Greencroft Rehabilitation Center in Goshen, following a brief illness. He was born August 29, 1919 to Olen and Barbara (Mishler) Yoder in Middlebury. On December 30, 1955, in Henderson, NE he married Leona June Doell. Along with his wife, he is survived by 4 children, Sherry (Bruce) Wenger, of Wakarusa, IN, Richard (Juanita) Yoder, Middlebury, IN, Mary (Randy) Kinsman, Ovilla, TX and Anita (Steve) Miller, Goshen, IN; 9 grandchildren, Rachel Wenger, Brittany (Spencer) Short, Brian and Neil Yoder, Clint (Brittany) Kuykendall, Logan, Mason, William and Andrew Miller, and 1 step-grandson, Noah Miller; 2 great-grandchildren, Dylan and Elsie Short. He is also survived by 2 sisters, Doris Wortinger and Arlene Holdread, both of Goshen. He was preceded in death by his parents, 3 sisters Velma Yoder, Verna Weaver, Vera Bickel, 2 brothers Ralph O. Yoder, Gerald L. Yoder and a granddaughter Caitlin Kuykendall. J.O. graduated from Middlebury High School in 1937, and attended Purdue University having received a Sears, Roebuck and Company scholarship, where he studied agriculture/dairy production, and graduated in 1941. In 1945, through The Heifer Project, he volunteered with other young men as a â€˜seagoing cowboy' on the S.S. Clarksville Victory ship, a relief ship that supplied horses to post-war Europe. The journal he kept of this eventful trip was later published, titled "Crossing to Poland: From a Farm Background Anywhere USA to Danzig, Poland and Return". A charter member of the Menno Singers, he enjoyed both singing and whistling along to music. He attended Mennonite Seminary in Chicago, and held numerous positions at Pleasant Oaks Mennonite church through the years, including as S.S. teacher and deacon. Not only did he help build the Pleasant Oaks church building, he was a faithful member from its first service on Palm Sunday, 1965 to its closure in November of 2009. From 1951 through 1958, J.O. was instrumental in the building and development of Camp Friedenswald, a Mennonite-affiliated church camp near Cassopolis, MI, and was the camp's first on-site director/manager. It was there he met his wife, Leona, as she was the camp nurse. From there, they returned to the Middlebury farm, and he dedicated his remaining years to innovative and progressive farming, eventually being awarded with the Elkhart County Farm Family of the Year in 1982, the Indiana Prairie Farmer Master Farmer Award in 1989 and in 1996, the Elkhart County Conservation Farmer of the Year. He served as a Board Director for the Elkhart County Farm Bureau Credit Union for 17 years. Always a thinker and planner, he held a patent for a turkey loader, and was a seeker of the truth, in awe of the Creator and forever thankful to God for being his â€˜silent partner' in his farming career and life. His memoirs of significant events, that were signs of God's guidance through his career and life, were also put into writing to be passed on. "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:32 Visitation will be from 4:00 - 7:00 pm on Friday November 18, at Miller-Stewart Funeral Home, 1003 South Main Street Middlebury. There will be one hour of visitation prior to the 12:30 pm funeral service on Saturday, November 19, at First Mennonite Church, Middlebury. Services will be conducted by Pastor Kent Miller. Burial will be in Forest Grove Cemetery, Middlebury. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Camp Friedenswald or Heifer International

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J. Olen Yoder's memorial is located at: Forest Grove Cemetery, Middlebury, Elkhart County, USA.
When did J. Olen Yoder death?
J. Olen Yoder death on 14 Nov 2016 in Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
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Latitude: 41.6318910
Longitude: -85.6766810

Family Members:

Parent

Olen Yoder

(1888 - 1984)

Barbara Ellen Mishler Yoder

(1888 - 1970)

Siblings

Velma Grace Yoder

(1917 - 1927)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Forest Grove Cemetery
Middlebury, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6318910, -85.6766810

2. Hostetler Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6378000, -85.6736000

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7. Bontrager South Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6250000, -85.6250000

8. J. M. Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6364270, -85.6185860

12. Thomas Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6030998, -85.7229004

13. Clinton Brick Mennonite Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5886726, -85.6952286

14. Yoder Family Cemetery
Shipshewana, LaGrange County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6418920, -85.6164960

15. Miller Cemetery
Goshen, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6204230, -85.7373640

16. Salem Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5875000, -85.6558000

17. Grace Lawn Cemetery
Middlebury, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6772003, -85.6968994

18. Woodlawn Amish Mennonite Church Cemetery
Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5837173, -85.6859741

19. Townline Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6088982, -85.6177979

20. Bontrager North Cemetery
Shipshewana, LaGrange County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6760025, -85.6313400

21. Harmon Yoder Cemetery
Shipshewana, LaGrange County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6637330, -85.6144990

22. Geisinger Cemetery
Middlebury, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6530991, -85.7536011

23. Bontrager Cemetery
Emma, LaGrange County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5910820, -85.6114240

24. Nisley Cemetery
Goshen, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5853004, -85.7352982