A Sad Day For Our Extended Family

Darell Paul Yoder 1973-2021

We all mourn the untimely loss of this good man, who died Saturday after a valiant fight with Covid. Darell, the son of my late first cousin, was a faithful husband and father and a genuinely good man who will be missed by everyone who knew him. His obituary follows:

Darell Paul Yoder, 48 of Riner, passed away on Saturday, November 6, 2021. He is preceded in death by his father, Alvin D. Yoder.

He is survived by his wife, Audrey Mast Yoder; mother, Irene Miller Yoder; sons & daughter-in-law, Dylan Paul & Chassidy Elizabeth Yoder, Jamin Scott Yoder, and Quinton Darell Yoder; daughters & son-in-law, Danetta Sue Yoder, Jacinda Faye & Daniel Richard Mast, and Jennica Kathleen Yoder; two precious granddaughters, Emmie Louise Yoder and Kinslee Faye Mast; brothers & sisters-in-law, Daniel & Eunice Yoder, Darvin & Grace Yoder, and David Lee & Joy Yoder; sisters & brothers-in-law, Mary & Paul Lehman and Melissa & Michael Burke; father & mother-in-law, James & Eunice Mast; brothers-in-law & sisters-in-law, Timothy & Donna Mast, Mahlon & Twila Mast, Lloyd & Carol Mast, Brenda & Joe Miller, Lois & Tim Reinford, Charles & Sandra Mast, Andrew & Marcella Mast, Dori & Ray Miller, Jacob & Marcia Mast, Earl & Hazel Mast, Wilmer & Judith Mast, and Myrna & Kevin Miller; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at the Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren with Steve Yoder, Brian Yoder, Michael Yoder, and Darvin Yoder officiating. Interment will follow in the Wills Ridge Mennonite Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 in the Wills Ridge Mennonite Church.

Here is the livestream link for the funeral on Thursday 11/11//21 at 10:00 am. 

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