Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Yingst, Russell A. August 4, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. M. shabodeho@aol.com August 16, 2009, 9:50 am Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 8/5/2009 Yingst, Russell A. Russell A. Yingst LEBANON Russell "Sam" A. Yingst, 87, died Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey. He was the husband of Virginia M. (Focht) Yingst, to whom he was married 64 years on May 10, 2009. Born in Lebanon, January 7, 1922, he was the son of the late Paul E. and Sarah (Ebersole) Yingst. He was a 1941 graduate of Lebanon High School and a 1978 graduate of Northern Virginia Community College. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He had been the supervisor of pest control for Yingst Exterminators, Lebanon, from 1948-1960, then became an exterminator for the Dept. of Defense at IGMR, Annville, and Ft. Belvoir, Va., for many years, retiring in 1980. He was a life member of the Jonestown American Legion, Lebanon VFW, Hemlock Archery Club, the National Rifle Assn., the Jonestown Fish & Game, and was an avid sportsman. In addition to his wife, he is survived by sons, David C., husband of Lori Yingst of Lebanon, and Russell A., husband of Fay Yingst of Jonestown; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Kitty Long of Lebanon; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Suzanne H. Hanks; grandson, Kenneth O. Yingst; brother, Paul Yingst; and sisters, Barbara Kleinfelter, June Coleman, and Evelyn Eiler. Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Lebanon County, 150 N. Ramona Road, Myerstown, PA 17067. Grose Funeral Home, Myerstown, is in charge of arrangements. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 8/5/2009 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb