Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Lige Leo Younger

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Skiatook Journal
June 04, 1997
Page A4

Lige Leo Younger

Born: August 01,1922 in Stilwell, Okla.
Parents: John and Nettie Rose (Moss) Younger
Died: May 28, 1997 age 74
Attended School:Parkhill,Okla. and Northeastern State University,
in Oklahoma where he played football and later played professional 
football for the Detroit Lions
Veteran:U.S.Army entered in 1943 served as a paratrooper 
received his Honorable Discharge in 1945
Of Interest: He was a Professional Wrestler,
member of the American Legion, Received the Presidential 
Award for Heroism from President Nixon for saving a woman
from a burning house
Resided: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Occupation: Self-employed carpenter
Services: May 31 1997 at Peters-Stumpff Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Roy Peters officiating
Interment: Tahlequah City Cemetery Tahlequah, Okla.
Funeral Home: Peters-Stumpff Funeral Home Skiatook, Okla.
Survivors:
Wife: Betty of the home
Sons: Ronnie Younger of Tulsa, Okla.
Jerry Younger of Tulsa, Okla.
Earl Baldwin of Sperry, Okla.
Johnny Younger of Denver, Colo.
Daughters: Debra McNeal of Wichita, Kans.
Brenda Miller of Catoosa, Okla.
Glenda Hester of Skiatook, Okla.
Betty Ann Younger of Bartlesville, Okla.
Virginia Burke of Bay City, Tex.
Brothers: Johnnie Younger Of Welling, Okla.
Louie Younger of Tacoma, Wash.
16 Grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren