Funeral services for Leonard (Lenny) Aaron Yoder, age 23, of Milbank, SD, and formerly of Grove City, MN, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 7, 2006, at the Paynesville Evangelical Free Church located three and one-half miles west of Paynesville, MN. The ministers in charge will be John Grunditz, Melvin Beiler, and Verlynn Yoder. Leonard died on Sunday, July 2, 2006, at his apartment in Milbank. Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. and at the Johnson Funeral Home in Paynesville, MN, on Thursday from 5-8 p.m. and in the church Friday one hour before services. Pallbearers will be Tommy Fabris, Fred Yoder, Earl Miller, Evan Fabris, Thomas Miller, and Alvin Fabris. Burial will be in the Burr Oak Cemetery, rural Grove City, MN.
Leonard Aaron Yoder was born on March 20, 1983, at Litchfield, MN, the son of Marcus and Anna (Miller) Yoder. He graduated from Riverview Christian School in Grove City. Leonard moved to Milbank in 2002. He worked for Rick and Cheri Meagher of Milbank as a farm laborer.
Leonard attended the New Life Evangelical Free Church in Watertown, SD, and was baptized in July 2003. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing.
Survivors include his parents, Marcus and Anna Yoder, rural Grove City, MN; two sisters, Annette Stoltzfus and her husband Jay, Lancaster, PA; and Janet Yoder, rural Grove City, MN; his paternal grandparents, Amos and Sara Yoder and his maternal grandparents, David and Susana Miller, all of Grove City, MN; and many uncles, aunts, and cousins.
The Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home of Milbank and the Johnson Funeral Home of Paynesville, MN, are in charge of the arrangements.