OBIT: Alice Mae (BOWSER) YOUNKIN, 1995, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  ALICE YOUNKIN
  
    Alice Mae Younkin, 81, of Springs Road, Grantsville, Md., died Wednesday,
  Dec. 28, 1994, at Memorial Hospital in Cumberland.
    Born May 17, 1913 at Bittinger, she was a daughter of the late William and
  Ruth (Brant) Bowser.
    Mrs. Younkin was a member of the Maple Grove Church of the Brethren, and
  the Ladies Group of the church. A volunteer for many years, she served as
  chairman of the Heart Fund for 20 years, and as chairman of the American
  Cancer Society in the Grantsville area.
    She, her husband Walter and several other persons provided for a day and
  weekend camp for the youth of Grantsville for many years. She was also a
  member of the Woodmen of the World Camp 41.
    Mrs. Younkin was a frequent contributor to the New Republic newspaper for
  many years as a correspondent and the author of "Grantsville Gazettes".
    She is survived by her husband, Walter G. Younkin; two daughters: Joanne
  Walker, Grantsville, and Janet Wable, Springs; a sister, Hazel Spessard,
  Annandale, Va., and three grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home Friday. Services were
  conducted there Saturday with the Rev. James Show officiating. Interment,
  Grantsville Cemetery.
  
  Mew Republic, January 5, 1995