Carol Ann (Yoder) Borkholder, age 71 of rural Sturgis, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020 at her home. She was born near Colon, Michigan on Nov. 30, 1948 the daughter of Virgil and Magdalena (Hochstedler) Yoder. She was married to Kenneth H. Borkholder on Sep. 19, 1968 in Colon.

Carol Ann is survived by her husband, Kenneth; daughters, Magdalena (Marvin) Bontrager, Heather Sue (Christy) Helmuth both of Sturgis, and Holly Ann (Owen) Miller of Burr Oak; sons, Jimmy of Sturgis, John David of Centreville, Dean Lee of Bronson, and Joshua Charles of South Carolina; twenty grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brothers Phillip (Esther) Yoder of Burr Oak, Orlis (Marietta) Yoder and Virgil (Esther) Yoder both of Mendon; sisters, Amanda (Ervin) Hostetler of Sturgis, Marilyn (Dennis) Schlabach of LaGrange, and Gloria (Ezra) Eicher of Colon; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; and by a son, Mark Andrew Borkholder

The family will receive friends after 2 p.m. Thursday and all day Friday at the Community Youth Center, 59321 Nottawa Road, Centreville, MI 49032. Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020 at the C.Y.C. with Amish Home Ministry officiating. Burial will be in the Old Amish Cemetery on Truckenmiller Road. Assistance was provided by the Eickhoff Funeral Home of Mendon. Condolences will be shared with the family at www.eickhofffuneralhome.com