Aquilla Yagoda

Services for Aquilla (Wadkins) Yagoda, 76, of Mentor, will be at 2 PM on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at Mentor United Methodist Church, 8600 Mentor Avenue, Mentor. The Rev. Kurt D. Landerholm will officiate at the service.

The family will receive friends from 1-2 PM on Tuesday, prior to the service at the Church.

Mrs. Yagoda passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights.

Born July 31, 1941 in Cherokee, AL, she has lived in Mentor for the past 28 years, formerly of Pittsburgh, PA and Jackson Heights, NY.

She was an active member of Mentor United Methodist Church in Mentor, Community United Methodist Church in Jackson Heights, NY, First United Methodist Church in Taylor, PA and Mhoontown United Methodist Church in Cherokee, AL. She was very active in local organizations in the communities where she lived.

Mrs. Yagoda was employed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Her last position was as bank closer .She retired in 1994 after 33 years of service with various government agencies.

Survivors are her husband of 54 years, Jon Yagoda; son, Paul Yagoda and daughter, Marijo Zehner; grandchildren, Eric, Alyssa (Justin) and Hayli and brother, Benny Wadkins. She also leaves seven nieces and nephews and their families.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Stella (Waldrep) Wadkins; brother, William Wadkins and sisters, Corinne Tucker and beloved sister, Mary Dane Wadkins, nephew, Wayne Nix and great nephew, Noah Moody.

Additional services will be held at Mhoontown United Methodist Church followed by burial in Smith Cemetery in Cherokee, AL under the direction of Spry-Williams Funeral Home in Florence, AL.

Arrangements entrusted to Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, Willoughby.