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Harry Younkin

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Harry Younkin

Birth
Draketown, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
20 Jun 1971 (aged 72)
Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Married first wife Olive Whipkey in 1922. Married second wife Edna Mae Piper Fosbrink after 1946.

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Harry Younkin, 72, of 82 Gibson Terrace, died at 3:20 a.m. Sunday in Connellsville State General Hospital following a lingering illness.

He was born April 7, 1899, at Draketown, Pa., the son of the late Wesley and Ada Younkin. He lived in Connellsville since 1924.

A former employe at the Hyatt Ford Garage and the Goodwin Cleaners for 26 years, he retired in 1965 from the South Connellsville Schools as a custodian. After retiring he served as a school guard for six years.

He was a charter member of the Calvary Assembly of God Church, currently serving as a trustee and board member and was the former Sunday school superintendent for more than 20 years.

Surviving is his wife, Edna Fosbrink Younkin, one son, James of Nanty Glo, Pa.; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Margaret) Beard of Cocoa, Fla.; and Mrs. James L (Pauline) Dick of Gales Ferry, Conn.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. John (Jean) Corteal of South Connellsville and Mrs. Merle (Madge) Loughman of Prosperity, Pa.; one stepson, Harry Fosbrink of Connellsville, R. D. 2; 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Other survivors are six brothers, Cyrus of Nanty Glo, Grant of South Connellsville, Paul and Walter of Ursina, Robert of South Bend, Ind., and Chester of Confluence; one sister, Mrs. Mary Hiles of Toledo, Ohio.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Olive Whipkey Younkin in 1937, two brothers and two sisters.

The Daily Courier
Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Monday, June 21, 1971
Page Nineteen

Married first wife Olive Whipkey in 1922. Married second wife Edna Mae Piper Fosbrink after 1946.

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Harry Younkin, 72, of 82 Gibson Terrace, died at 3:20 a.m. Sunday in Connellsville State General Hospital following a lingering illness.

He was born April 7, 1899, at Draketown, Pa., the son of the late Wesley and Ada Younkin. He lived in Connellsville since 1924.

A former employe at the Hyatt Ford Garage and the Goodwin Cleaners for 26 years, he retired in 1965 from the South Connellsville Schools as a custodian. After retiring he served as a school guard for six years.

He was a charter member of the Calvary Assembly of God Church, currently serving as a trustee and board member and was the former Sunday school superintendent for more than 20 years.

Surviving is his wife, Edna Fosbrink Younkin, one son, James of Nanty Glo, Pa.; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Margaret) Beard of Cocoa, Fla.; and Mrs. James L (Pauline) Dick of Gales Ferry, Conn.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. John (Jean) Corteal of South Connellsville and Mrs. Merle (Madge) Loughman of Prosperity, Pa.; one stepson, Harry Fosbrink of Connellsville, R. D. 2; 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Other survivors are six brothers, Cyrus of Nanty Glo, Grant of South Connellsville, Paul and Walter of Ursina, Robert of South Bend, Ind., and Chester of Confluence; one sister, Mrs. Mary Hiles of Toledo, Ohio.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Olive Whipkey Younkin in 1937, two brothers and two sisters.

The Daily Courier
Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Monday, June 21, 1971
Page Nineteen



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