Submitted by: Dan Rich

Wade A. Yoder Sr.

Aug. 24, 1918 - April 28, 1995

South Bend Tribune 4/30/1995

SOUTH BEND - Services for Wade A. Yoder Sr., 76, of Bowman Street, who died at 6:10 a.m. Friday in his home of natural causes, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St, Mishawaka. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to Humane Society of St. Joseph County or Pet Refuge Inc., 2300 W. Sixth St., Mishawaka, IN 46544.

Mr. Yoder retired in 1983 from Huckins Tool & Die after 21 years of service. He was born Aug. 24, 1918, in Wakarusa.

On June 20, 1946, he married Kathryn L. Ramsbey. She died in 1983. Surviving are two daughters, Susan A. Wright of Hemet, Calif., and Wadette K. Yoder of South Bend; a son, Wade ''Skip'' A. Jr. of South Bend; a stepdaughter, Patt McDuffie of South Bend; a stepson, Harold J. of Mishawaka; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Mary Rose Kerr of Wakarusa; and a brother, William of Mishawaka. He was a World War II Navy veteran.