MELCHIOR YODER LINE - Part THREE M26 - Yoder Family ...

M263-613 Donald John Yoder born 6 December 1923 in Freedom Township, Wood
County, OH. U.S. Air Force, WWII – awarded “The Soldier’s Medal” for heroism in
extracting a pilot from a burning warplane, Italy, April 1944. Sheet metal craftsman.
Residence: Findlay, Hancock County, OH. m. 14 October 1945 in Covington, Campbell
County, KY to Betty Jo Pritchard (born 30 December 1925 at Bloomburg, TX). Betty
was a school teacher. Donald died of scarlet fever on 30 December 1946, aged 23
years, at the home of his older brother, Richard William Yoder, M263-611, at 220 Tioga
Avenue, Findlay, Hancock County, OH; interred at Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay.
After the death of Donald, Betty Jo m.(2) Millard DRAKE (born 31 January 1914 – SSN
issued in AR – died 15 January 1993, aged 67 years, in Bradley, Lafayette County, AR).
Betty resides in Bradley, Lafayette County, AR, 2006-2009.
+M263-613-1 Thomas Michael born 4 August 1946.
M263-613-1 Thomas Michael Yoder born 4 August 1946 in Findlay, Hancock County,
OH. Graduate, Cotter High School, Cotter, AR, 1965; AA, Thomas A. Edison State
College, Trenton, NJ; B. of Theology, International Bible Institute, Plymouth, FL, 1988;
BA in church management, Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS, 1993; M.Div., International
Seminary, 1993; Doctorate of Ministry, Southwest Bible College and Seminary, Sulphur,
LA, 1995. United Methodist Minister of Gospel. Thomas also attended four other
theological institutions through 1993. He has served 11 ecclesiastical charges and a
tour as a hospital chaplain in Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee. U.S.
Air Force, October 1965-1967, U.S. Air Force Reserve, U.S. Army National Guard
during Viet Nam War, invasion of Granada and Operation Desert Storm; retired from
military 2003. Residence in numerous called locations: Findlay, 1946-?; South
Texarkana, AR, 1982; Brighton, Tipton County, TN, 2006-2007; Cotter, Baxter County,
AR, 2008. m.(1) 1 September 1966 at Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, TX to Beverly Kathleen Pool (born 19 November 1948 in Minot, Ward County,
ND); divorced 1993. m.(2) 4 August 1993 at Cotter, Baxter County, AR to Rebecca
Jane Williams (born 13 November 1947 in Mountain Home, Baxter County, AR). Tom
and Rebecca have 7 children and 11 grandchildren between them, 2006.
+M263-613-11 Todd Michael born 19 October 1965.
M263-613-12 Donald Jo born 29 May 1967 in Atlanta, Cass County, TX.
Army National Guard, 6 years; Army Reserve. Residence: unknown; M.I.A. since April
1999. Married four times and has at least four children.
+M263-613-13 John Thomas born 17 April 1970.
M263-613-11 Todd Michael Yoder born 19 October 1965 in Auburn, Placer
County, California. US Army, 8 years; discharged, 1991. Head of maintenance.
Residence: Harding Bouelvard, Correr, AR, 2009. m. 11 October 1985 in Rhinehard,
Germany to Ingeborg “Inga” Mittig (born 23 November 1962 in Bamburg, Germany);
divorced 2004.