Yetta Roana Todd, age 100 of Morrison, IL, died Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at Resthave Care & Rehabilitation in Morrison.
Yetta was born on August 3, 1920, in Morrison, the daughter of Frank Glenn and Ethel Grace (Fellows) Lyon. She married, Warren Smith, Sr, on August 21, 1938, in Morrison. He preceded her in death on September 9, 1954. She then married Lyle Frank on December 10, 1960, in Rock Falls, IL. He preceded her in death on April 16, 1977. She married Talmage Irvine Todd on April 7, 1989, in Clinton, IA. He preceded her in death on December 17, 1997. Yetta was a 70+-year member of First Church of the Nazarene in Sterling, IL, and taught Sunday school for many years there. She was a member of Rock Falls American Legion Post 902 Auxiliary, a member of the VFW Post 5418 Auxiliary, Lee/Whiteside Salon #670, and a member of The Forty and Eight (an elite, American Legion, charitable organization.)
Survivors include sons, Warren (Ann) Smith, Jr. of Herscher, IL, and Larry (Kathy) Smith of Lyndon, IL; eight grandchildren, Paula (Danny) Ekstrom, Kathy Ryan, Warren (Verlene) Smith III, Roger (Danielle) Smith, Carol Jean Clary, James Todd, Eric Todd, and Amy [last name unknown]; many great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her three husbands; parents; daughter, Sue Todd; sisters, Adelaide Earl, Edith Kelch, Ethel Villasana, Inez Betts, Ena Rynearson, Anna Betts, and Catherine Mae Dean; brothers, Forrest “Bud” Lyon and Lynn Lyon.
Masks and social distancing will be enforced for a Visitation on Friday, November 27, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, at the McDonald Funeral Home, 505 1st Avenue, in Sterling, IL.
Funeral Services will follow at noon at the funeral home.
Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Sterling, IL.