Lydia Yoder

(From Playle and Collins Family Funeral Home)

Lydia A (Kauffman) Yoder, 83, of Unionville, Missouri, entered into the presence of Jesus on Saturday, June 1st, 2024, following a stroke on May 15, 2024.

Lydia was born in Dover, Delaware on Oct. 31st, 1940, to Alvin and Annie Kauffman. On Sept. 20, 1962, she married William J. Yoder who preceded her in death on Feb. 11, 2018.

Lydia loved gardening, was a homemaker and faithful wife for fifty-five years. She was a member of the Unionville Christian Brotherhood. She left an inspiring example of patient, uncomplaining endurance in the face of multiple, painful, life-altering incidents. She demonstrated the power of prayer, gratitude, and cheerful focus in circumstances she would not have chosen. Suffering did not make her bitter or unpleasant to be with. Her ready smile will be missed! 

She enjoyed being out of doors, especially being in the garden and helping her husband on the farm. Lydia was the queen of the kitchen and it smelled wonderful when she was baking. In later years she enjoyed her greeting cards, photos of family, and the guests who dropped by to brighten her day.

She is survived by eight children, Truman (Margaret) Yoder of Unionville, MO; Judith (Henry) Leiva of McClure, PA; Kathy Yoder of Winter Springs, Fl; Joel (Erma) of Noxon, MT.; Janice (Wilbur) Byler of El Dorado Springs, MO; Karen (Eli Jr.) Yoder of Navarre, OH; Delbert (Rachel) Yoder of El Dorado Springs, MO; Angela Yoder of Flemingsburg, KY., 38 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren, two sisters, Bertha Stoll, (Aylmer, ON), Laura Swartzentruber, (Holmesville, OH) two brothers, John Kauffman (Chatham, VA), Alpha Kauffman (Oakland, MD).

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three sisters, four brothers, and one grandson, Ted Garber (stillborn).

Funeral services were held in Golden City, Missouri, on Wednesday, June 5, with burial in the Golden City Mennonite Cemetery. Playle and Collins Family Funeral Home in Unionville was honored to care for Lydia and her family.