Violet Yoder

Violet M. (Henning) Yoder was born on Oct. 21, 1931, in Lewistown, PA, to  Rev. Arthur J. Henning and Ruth (Grothehen) Henning. Her stepfather was Clarence Brodin.

She was predeceased by her husband and closest friend, Paul R. Yoder of Kutztown, PA. They passed as they lived, inseparably. 

Her father, Rev. Arthur Henning, was a Lutheran pastor in central Pennsylvania. In 1944, due to unfortunate circumstances, her mother, Ruth Henning, took a job at the Lutheran Orphans Home in Topton, PA, (now The Lutheran Home at Topton) and moved there with her children.  Violet resided there from Sept. 2, 1944 to May 30, 1949. Her nickname at the Home was Posy.

She graduated from Kutztown High School in 1949 at the top of the Commercial section and was offered a job at the Kutztown Publishing Company. She started in the secretarial pool and became the beloved and trusted bookkeeper for the cor-poration, retiring in 1996.

Violet and Paul were married on Feb. 24, 1951, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kutztown, PA. They had recently celebrated their 60th anniversary.

She was an active member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kutztown for most of her life, where she sang in the choir for many years and was a faithful member of the Bible study group.

She will be remembered as a very kind, loving and thoughtful person, and an excellent cook.

Violet is survived by her brother, Donald Henning and wife Sherrie of Carls-bad, CA; brother-in-law, Max Bleiler of Fleetwood, PA; and her sister-in-law, Mary Henning of Milford, KS.

In addition, she has 10 nieces and nephews; 17 grandnieces and grandnephews; and one great-grand-neph-ew.

She was predeceased by brother, Arthur C. Henning of Sparta, GA; sister, Edith (Henning) Bleiler of Fleetwood, PA; sister, Dorothy Henning of Holiday, FL; and five nieces and nephews.

Joint Funeral services with her husband Paul will be private at the convenience of the family. Interment in Berks County Memorial Gardens, Fleetwood. There is no public viewing. The Ludwick Funeral Homes, Inc., Kutztown, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be recorded at www.ludwickfh.com.