Elsie Yoder

Funeral services for Elsie Byler Yoder, 71, of Blackville, SC will be held at ten o’clock a.m., Monday, March 6, 2023 at the Barnwell Mennonite Church on Highway 70; burial will follow at Calvary Fellowship Church on Jones Bridge Road, Blackville, SC. The family will receive friends from two to four p.m. and from six to eight p.m. on Sunday, March 5^th at Calvary Fellowship Church. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Amish Mennonite Aid, 2178C 17000 RD Oswego, KS 67356.

The family would like to thank everyone for their prayers, support, and care during Elsie’s illness. A special thanks to our Aunts Ruth Cruz and Nancy Byler for their help, support, and care during her final weeks. Elsie passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2023.

Elsie was born on July 6, 1951, in Hartville, OH to Wallace and Mattie Byler. She was the fifth child in a family of eleven. Her family relocated to Belle Center, OH in 1974. At the age of 21, she moved to the country of Belize where she spent 9 years as a missionary. She married Robert Yoder on September 17, 1982 and moved to his home state of SC. She and Robert first owned Blackville Farm and Garden for 21 years. Later, Elsie was very instrumental in operating The Healing Springs Country Store for 9 years. They had many wonderful years together but in the spring of 2005 cancer entered her life. She fought valiantly for 17 years but in February she found out the cancer had spread to her brain and that God was calling her home. She was so ready to see Jesus and to finally be pain-free.

She is survived by her husband, Robert; her sons, Robbie (Linda) Yoder of NY, Joshua (Tammy) Yoder of SC, and a daughter, Samantha (Mike) Kandel of OH; grandchildren, Jensen Kandel, Cole Kandel, Blake Kandel, Ava Kandel, Victoria Yoder, Mariah Yoder, Kate Yoder, and Kyler Yoder; sisters, Judy (Leroy) Miller, Ruth (Levi) Schlabach, Nancy Byler, Laura Miller, Rachel (Steven) Miller, Elizabeth (Paul) Miller, Martha (Lloyd) Gingerich, Amy (Mahlon) Coblentz, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Wallace and Mattie Byler; a brother and sister-in-law, Paul and Leona Byler; a sister, Sadie and a brother-in-law, Stephen Miller.

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