Sharon Lee Yoder

Sharon Lee Yoder, 81, of Goshen, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. She had been in failing health since being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in November.

Sharon was born Oct. 2, 1935, in Shipshewana to Alvin and Irene (Allison) Weirich. A 1953 graduate of Shipshewana High School, she married Terry L. Yoder at Forks Mennonite Church on Aug. 25, 1953.

He survives along with her mother, Irene Weirich, Goshen; three children, Jane (Steve) Bowers, Goshen, Joel (Monica) Yoder, Granger, and Jerold (Becki) Yoder, Goshen; six grandchildren, Ryan Bowers, Appleton, Wis., Rachel (Justin) Bergfeld, Eagle Mountain, Utah, Claire (Chris) Chinske, Beavercreek, Ohio, Natalie (Dallas) Bergl, England, Jason Yoder, U.S. Navy based in Silverdale, Wash., and Emily Yoder, Goshen; eight great-grandchildren, Max, Mason, Gavin, and Lucy Bowers, all of Appleton, Wis., Nathaniel and Charlotte Chinske, Beavercreek, Ohio, Victoria Bergl, England, and Luke Yoder, Goshen; and two brothers, David (Joyce) Weirich, Chesterfield, Mich., and Denis (Carol) Weirich, Grand Haven, Mich.

Sharon served in Voluntary Service in LaJunta, Colo., in 1957. She was employed at South Side Soda Shop, her mother’s restaurant (Irene’s Café) in Shipshewana, Yoder’s Department Store in Shipshewana, and as a Title I reading tutor at Goshen Community Schools, She was an accomplished seamstress who made clothes for all of her grandchildren. For 15 years, she sold her own crafts at the Shipshewana Flea Market. She loved to play bridge and euchre with her friends.

Friends may call Sunday, March 5, 2017 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home.

A private family burial will take place at Pleasant View cemetery prior to the 11 a.m. Monday, March 6, 2017 memorial service at Pleasant View Mennonite Church.

Memorials may be made to the church.