NAPPANEE – Melvin J. Yoder, 81, Nappanee, died at 12:50 a.m. March 6, 2016, at his daughter’s home in Etna Green. He was born Oct. 6, 1934, in Kosciusko County, to Jonas and Nancy Slabaugh Yoder. On April 7, 1959, in Nappanee, he married Barbara Stutzman. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Merlin Yoder residence, 25115 CR 54, with Bishop Marion Schwartz and the Home Ministry of the Old Order Amish Church officiating. Burial will be in West Union Cemetery. Calling is after 3 p.m. today and all day Tuesday at the Merlin Yoder residence. Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, is in charge of arrangements.
