Died March 7, 2023

Elizabeth M. Yoder, born August 11, 1931, in Chardon, Ohio, died March 7, 2023, at her home in Mio, Michigan, surrounded by her family.

She leaves to mourn her eight children: Ruth (Sam) Gingerich, Joseph (Bertha) Yoder, Clara (Marion) Bontrager, Wilma (Marlin) Hochstetler, Paul (Linda) Yoder, Elizabeth (Aaron) Schmucker, David (Deborah) Yoder, and Mark (Laura) Yoder; 72 grandchildren, 145 great-grandchildren and five sisters.

She was preceded in death by her parents Menno I. and Fannie Hershberger, her husband Joe K. Yoder, two stillborn children, a son Simon Yoder, four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, four brothers and five sisters.

Visitation was held Wednesday, March 8 from 3 – 7 p.m. at the Marion Bontrager Residence, 287 N. Galbraith Road, Mio, Michigan; and on Thursday, March 9 from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., also at the Marion Bontrager Residence at 287 N. Galbraith Road, Mio where funeral services were held on Friday, March 10 at 9:30 a.m. Interment followed at the Amish Kittle Cemetery in Mio.

Arrangements by Lashley Funeral Home, Mio, Michigan.