Leona Ferne Yoder

Leona Ferne Yoder
October 05, 1925 - March 01, 2013
Kalona, Iowa
Memorial Service: 11:00 am March 06, 2013 at Pleasantview Home Chapel, Kalona
Visitation: 4-8 pm March 05, 2013 at Yoder-Powell Funeral Home, Kalona
Graveside Service: 10:00 am March 06, 2013 at East Union Cemetery
Leona Ferne Brenneman Yoder was born October 5, 1925 in rural Kalona, Iowa the daughter of Irwin B. and Mattie (Miller) Brenneman. She graduated from Kalona High School in 1944, attended Goshen College and La Junta Colorado School of Nursing, and graduated in 1950 with a BS in Nursing. Leona worked as a registered nurse for Doctors Sattler, Beckman, and Koenig. She was a volunteer on-call nurse during the start-up years of Pleasantview Home. Leona married L. David Yoder on September 6, 1951. Leona was life-long member of East Union Mennonite Church where she taught Sunday School, Bible School and was a member of WMSC. She was a charter member of the Kalona Lioness Club and served as treasurer from 1979 to 2012. Leona was a devoted wife, mother, and nurse and enjoyed helping people. Leona was a resident of Pleasantview Home for 2-1/2 years where she died on Friday, March 1, 2013 at the age of 87 years. Leona is survived by her husband L. David Yoder, a son Leon and wife Suzanne Yoder of Johns Creek, Georgia, granddaughter Katherine Yoder, niece Lucy Ann Conley and husband Ottis of Crockett, Kentucky, nephew Keith Brenneman and wife Robin of Akron, Ohio, and close friends Louise Sattler and Ruth Ann Yoder of Kalona. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Edna Niles, brother Harold Brenneman, and nephew Lon Brenneman. A Graveside Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 in the East Union Cemetery followed by a Memorial Service at 11:00 a.m. at the Pleasantview Home Chapel in Kalona. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona. A memorial fund has been established for Pleasantview Home and Iowa City Hospice.