Vera Lucille Yoder

WELLMAN ? Vera Lucille Yoder, 92, of Wellman, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, in Parkview Manor in Wellman.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the West Union Mennonite Church in rural Parnell with the Rev. Corey Miller officiating. Burial will be in the West Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 6, at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. A memorial fund has been established for Mennonite Central Committee.

Mrs. Yoder was born June 26, 1924, in rural Kalona, the daughter of Lewis and Barbara (Miller) Bender. She married Roy L. Yoder on May 14, 1971, in Wellman.

She was a quilter; she pieced, marked and quilted for many years. She was an active member of the West Union Mennonite Church and WMSC. She also volunteered at Crowded Closet in Iowa City, and the Lifeline in Wellman. When she retired to Wellman, she was known for opening her home to many people and serving delicious food, including renting her basement to people in need of temporary housing. She also marked and quilted hundreds of quilts for other people.

Surviving are two stepsons, Dean Yoder and wife Velma of Warsaw, Missouri, and Daniel Keith Yoder and wife Shirley of Wellman; one stepdaughter, Ruth King and husband John Mark of Wellman; 38 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mary Miller of Glendale, Arizona; and one brother, Daniel Bender of Harrisonburg, Virginia.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Roy; two brothers, Clarence Bender, and Paul Bender; and two sisters, Nina Yoder, and Gladys Fisher.