Emily Yoder roberts

YODER, NOELLSCH, ROBERTS, RATHJE, NEWHARD, LACKENDER, HORA

Posted By: joan dinnel (email)
Date: 4/29/2017 at 14:56:50

Petersheim Funeral Home/Kalona Iowa
Emily Yoder Roberts was born October 1, 1922 in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Omar and Emma (Petsel)Yoder, She graduated from Sharon Center High School and trained to be a registered nurse at the University of Iowa. Emily worked as a nurse at the University of Iowa Hospital for many years. On September 11, 1948 she was united in marriage to Wayne Roberts at the Sharon Center Evangelical Brethren Church. Emily was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Jessamin Chapter where she had served as Past Matron, was a past president of the Johnson County Historical Socity, and was also a member of the Questers and the Octagon Barn Questers. She was a member of the Sharon Cener United Methodist Church where she served in many ways, including directing the Jr. Choir, singing in the choir, and teaching Sunday school and Bible School. Emily had a passion for weaving and did spinning and weaving demonstrations at the Kalona Historical Society and the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion. Emily was known as a local barn historian active in planing local Barn Tours. She managed to get the Roberts Octagon Barn on the Historic Register. She gave many presentations all over Iowa on barns and their history and architecture. Emily loved everything about the state of Iowa. She enjoyed horse riding and Yoder family bike and canoe trips.
survivors include her husband, Wayne of Iowa City, three children: Nora Jane (Albert Noellsch of Oregon, Mo, Paul Owend (Julie)Roberts of Iowa City, Mary (Steve) Rathje of Cedar Rapids, two grandsons: Peter and Timothy Noellsch, four step grandchildren: Jennifer Newhard, Gwen, Josp and Kori Rathje, one sister Charlotte Lackender of Kalona, a brother Alan (esther Yoder of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and a sister in law Betz Yoder of Kalona.
Preceding Emily in death were her parents, and infant brother Elmer, a sister Mabel Hora, three brothers and sisters in law: GLenn (Marjorie) Yoder, Calvin Yoder and Theodore (Jeanne) Yoder.
A memorial fund has been establish for the Sharon Center United Methodist Church. Emily Roberts died Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at the Pleasantview ome in Kalona.