OBIT: R. Lynn YOUNG, 1987, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  YOUNG
  
  R. Lynn Young, 63, Harrison Avenue, Somerset, died Feb. 7, 1987, in Allegheny
  General Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born Oct. 4, 1923, in Mineral Springs,
  Clearfield County, son of the late B. I. and Myrtle (Buck) Young. Also
  preceded in death by brother, Clair I., and sister, Mrs. Benjamin (Goldie)
  Bodle. Survived by his wife, the former Lois Deter, and these children: R.
  Dwayn, married to the former Catherine Pastovich, Jennerstown; Roger D.,
  married to the former Laurie Snyder, Garrett RD 1; and Cheri Lynne, wife of
  Carl R. Allison, Derry, Pa.; six grandchildren: Marina, I Daniel, Matthew,
  Lucinda, Heather and Ashley. Brother of: Mrs. Lester (Maude) Hoover, West
  Decatur, Pa.; Mrs. Wilfred (Dorcas) Heichel, Morrisville, Pa.; Jesse,
  Mahaffey; Lee, Pocatello, Idaho; Fay, Duncansville; and James, Grampian.
  Member of Calvary United Methodist Church,   former Sunday school 
  superintendent. Member of Somerset Lodge 358 F. and   A.M., Jaffa Temple,
  Altoona, Altoona Consistory. He served three years in the European Theater 
  of Operations and the Japanese Army of Occupation in World War II. A 
  mechanical engineer, he was a graduate of Penn State University, employed 
  four years with Union Firebrick Company, Grantsville, Md. and 29 years with 
  Neilan Engineers, Somerset. Friends will be received from 2-4 p.m. and 
  7-9 p.m. today (Monday) at the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home. Funeral
  services Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Calvary United Methodist Church, with the Rev.
  Harry C. Sherry officiating. The body will lie in state at the church from
  12:30 p.m. until the hour of service at 1 p.m. Graveside services will follow
  in Bradford Cemetery, Clearfield County, with the Rev. Thomas Young
  officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer
  Society.
  
  Daily American, February 9, 1987