Residence: Monticello, Indiana
Died: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Location: 2:40 p.m. at the White County Memorial Hospital, of Monticello, Indiana
 
 
Age: 91
Date of Birth: Monday, July 30, 1917
Birth place:

Branch: Navy

Service: World War II
Father: William Yoder
 
Mother: Mabel Miller
 
Marital Status: Widowed
Resided in: Burnettsville, Indiana coming to Monticello, Indiana in 1963
Funeral Date: Friday, March 20, 2009
Funeral Location: 10:30 a.m. at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana
Clergy: Rev. Brian Beeks
Burial will take place:
In the Remington Cemetery, located in Remington, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home with Masonic Services to be held at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Bill graduated from the Royal Centre High School in Royal Center, Indiana. He then went on to graduate from Ft. Wayne Business College in Ft Wayne, Indiana. Bill went to work at the Remington Elevator in Remington, Indiana. During that summer in Remington at the Chautauqua Festival in Fountain Park he met the love of his life Henrietta who was waiting on tables. Bill went into the United States Navy during WWII as a Teletypeist. After the Navy he and his late wife Henrietta purchased a farm in Burnettsville, Indiana and made it into a dairy farm. Bill had farmed and worked at Purdue University in the Bio-Chemistry Department, working in the seed, feed, and fertilizer division. He traveled all over the state with Purdue and retired after 20 years of service. Bill and Henrietta moved to Monticello, Indiana in 1963 on the lake. He retired from farming in 1972. Henrietta and Bill wintered in Texas for 32 years prior to her death in 2003. Bill was a member and served on many committees of the Monticello United Methodist Church of Monticello, Indiana. He was also one of the original church committee members that started church in the park (Llano Grande Lake Park) at their church in Mercedes, Texas. Bill was a 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge and Order of Eastern Star starting in Burnettsville and later merging with Libanus Lodge #154 of Monticello, Indiana. He was a 32 degree mason in the Scottish Rite of Indianapolis and a member of the Murat Shrine both of Indianapolis, Indiana. While in Texas Bill and Henrietta volunteered at the Shriner Children's Hospital, fitting children for braces and at the Weslaco Memorial Hospital in Weslaco, Texas. Bill was a former member of the Flying Farmers and had his own plane. One of the great accomplishments of their lives was RVing (Motorhome) in all the states in the union and every providence in Canada.
Special Services: Full Military Rites by the Honor Guard of the American Legion, VFW, and AmVets will be at the cemetery.
Memorial Information: May be given to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On Sunday, August 18, 1940 in the Remington United Methodist Church he married Henrietta P. Girtz. She preceded him in death on Saturday, June 7, 2003.
Survivors include:
Daughter,Sandy K. Best of Monticello, Indiana;Granddaughters,April (husband Ryan) Burnside of Seymour, Indiana,Autumn (husband Trent) Whitaker of Monticello, Indiana;Grandsons,Rob (wife Jane) Best of Crawfordsville, Indiana,Ryan Best of Monticello, Indiana;Great-Grandchildren,Aden and Gavin Burnside,Kaitlyn Whitaker;Sister,Elnora "Sis" (husband Forrest) Baker of Kewanna, Indiana;Half-Brother,Larry (wife Pat) Bucks of Kewanna, Indiana;Sister-In-Law,Alice Mary Girtz of Remington, Indiana;Several Nieces and Nephews.
Preceded in Death:
Parents;Wife, Henrietta P. Yoder;Brother-In-Law, Lester Girtz.
Arrangements by:
Miller-Roscka Funeral Home