Also See: Interview with Curt & Karen Yoder
Curt Yoder is a Captain and twenty-five year veteran firefighter with the Costa Mesa Fire Department in California. Since 1998, he has traveled with the Costa Mesa Fire Department Color Guard to the Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Ceremony in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he assists in escorting families of our fallen brothers and sisters.
Curt comes from a family of firefighters, which includes his father, John A. Yoder, a Battalion Chief who served with the Los Angeles County Fire Department for twenty-nine years before he died in 1983, in the line of duty.
Karen Yoder graduated from California State University at Fullerton in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Child Development and Psychology. She is a member of the California State Fire Association Ladies' Auxiliary.
Curt & Karen reside in Southern California with their four children.
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