SHRADER, Yvonne J. (McDiarmid) - b. October 16, 1916 - d. March 14, 2009

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Yvonne J. Shrader, 92, of Derby, Kansas, died March 14, 2009 at Westview of Derby. She was born October 16, 1916 in Elk Falls, Kansas to Charles C. and Lulu M. (Fancher) McDiarmid.  Her family moved to Howard, Kansas while she was still a young girl.  She was raised and educated in Howard, graduating from Howard High School in 1934.  She later graduated from Springfield Business School in Springfield, Missouri.

She married Arthur H. Shrader on September 7, 1947 in Howard, Kansas.  They made their first home in Howard where she worked as a legal secretary.  In 1954, they moved to Winfield, Kansas, and she was able to stay home to raise their children.  In 1965, she began work as the Natural Science Division secretary at Southwestern College where she remained until retirement.

Mrs. Shrader was a member of the Presbyterian Church and Methodist Church.  She was also a lifetime member of the Rebekah Lodge.  Her hobbies included playing the piano, singing, crocheting, knitting, and reading.

Survivors include he sons, Charles Shrader and his wife Sue of Austin, Texas and Howard Shrader of Ponca City, Oklahoma; her daughter, Martha Jean Anderson and her husband Barney of Derby, Kansas; fifteen grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Mary and Helen McDiarmid; and her husband, Arthur.

Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 2009 at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield, Kansas. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.  Memorials are to Woodlawn United Methodist Church and Home Healthcare Connection, both in Derby, Kansas.  Contributions may be made through the funeral home.  Online condolences may be made at www.milesfuneralservice.com.

(taken from the Miles Funeral Home website)