Cordell Yoder

September 11, 1918 - November 9, 2009
Cordell Yoder, 91, of Kalona, Iowa, died November 9, 2009, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona following a lingering illness. Services were held Monday, November 9, 2009 at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in Kalona with Pastors Don Patterson and Richard Swartzendruber officiating. Burial was in Lower Deer Creek Cemetery in rural Wellman. A memorial has been established for the Pleansantivew Home Alzheimer Wing. Online condolences may be sent to www.peterseimfuneralhome.com.
Cordell Yoder was born September 11, 1918, in Wellman, Iowa, the daughter of Mahlon and Barbara (Hershberger) Swartzendruber. She was married to Rolland M. Yoder on December 11, 1938 at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church. She attended Horse Shoe Bend rural school. She was a member of Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church, a volunteer at Pleasantview Home and Crowded Closet. She enjoyed quilting, gardening and baking.
Survivors include three sons, Donald G. (Ila) Yoder, Kalona; Doug (Margaret) Yoder, Iowa City; Linford (Charlotte) Yoder, Oskaloosa; daughter-in-law Betsy Fox Fisher, Menlo Park, California; 13 grandchildren, Deb Yoder, Beth Andrade, Stephany Tindall, Christina Richards, Sara Yoder, Chris Yoder, Randy Yoder, Brandon Yoder, Max Caballero, Scott Yoder, Benjamin Yoder, Mitchell Yoder, Gage Caballero; 18 great grandchildren; and a sister, Genevieve Yoder, Kalona.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Rolland (December 27, 2004); a son, Ronald Yoder in 1981; and five siblings, Ora Swartzendruber, Clarence Swartzendruber, Ernest Swartzendruber, Emerson Swartzendruber and Mabel Zook.