Dutch Maid Bakery history

Founded in 1921 by Andrew Yost, Dutch Maid Bakery was originally named Sweet Wheat and located on Oak Street in Johnstown’s Hornerstown neighborhood.

August Eykholt, and his father-in-law, Fred Oberndorfer started Purity Bakery in 1924.

In 1935 he bought out August's share.

Andrew’s son Herbert (“Herbie”), the youngest of eight children, began running the bakery after returning from his deployment as a Seabee in the US Navy during World War II, and officially took over for his father in 1945.

In 1959, with the Oak Street facility no longer large enough to handle increased production demand, Herbie built a retail bakery with storefront in Johnstown’s growing suburb of Richland, which remains its current location.

In 1963 construction on a large expansion of the Richland location was completed, which allowed all operations to be under one roof, and the Oak Street bakery was officially shuttered.

Established in 1978, Dutch Maid is a wholesale manufacturer of cake products primarily servicing the supermarket industry.

In 1980, Herbie and his son Tim acquired the naming rights and formula for the locally famous “Gob” from Harris-Boyer Bakery, which at the time was ending operations.

In 1981 Marv Yoder purchased Dutch Maid Bakery.

In 1986, Tim acquired the bakery from his father Herbie and continues to run the business to this day.

Due to cancer Marv sold the bakery to Kevin & Lisa Spry in July of 1995.

In December of 1999 Kevin sold the bakery to Jerry and Marilee Nixon.

The bakery stayed in the Baggenstoss family and extended family until 2003, at which point it was closed.

After purchasing the bakery in 2005, Cindy and her family reopened the Dutch Maid 18 months later with the original spirit still intact.

They sold Dutch Maid Bakery to Lyle & Gretchen Miller in May of 2017.

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