| Graduation Year | Class of 1976 |
| Date of Passing | Oct 25, 2007 |
| About | Jeanne L. Yoder, 49, Alsace Township, died Oct. 25, 2007, at 5:21 p.m. at home. Her husband, Scott C. Yoder, died Aug. 16, 2005. Born in Alsace Township, she was a daughter of the late John M. Bower Sr. and Sandra S. (Kunkle) Bower. She was employed as the head cook in the Oley Valley School District’s high school for several years, retiring in May 2007 due to illness. She was a member of Zion (Spies) Lutheran Church, Alsace Township. She was a 1976 graduate of Oley Valley High School. For several years, she served as the timekeeper for the Oley High School’s track and field and cross-country events. Mrs. Yoder enjoyed gardening and collecting birdhouses. She is survived by a daughter, Samantha J. Yoder, Alsace Township; and a son, Jeremiah Scott Yoder, Birdsboro. Other survivors include two sisters, Sandra Bitting, Ruscombmanor Township, and Mary Simmons, Exeter Township; and four brothers: Michael Bower, Alsace Township; Scott Bower, Stoney Fork; Daniel Bower, Alsace Township; and John Bower Jr., Alsace Township. There also is her maternal grandmother, Arlene (Batdorf) Kunkle, Alsace Township. She was predeceased by a brother, Charles “Chuckie” Bower, on Oct. 13, 2005. Memorial services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in Zion (Spies) Lutheran Church, 310 Spies Church Road, Reading, PA 19606. Burial will be private. Friends may call 10 to 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Reading Hospital Cancer Center, P.O. Box 16052, Reading, PA 19612, or to the church memorial fund at the above address. Blankenbiller Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., Oley, is in charge of arrangements. |
