OBIT: Gladys Christena YOUNKIN, 1942, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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GLADYS C. YOUNKIN

  Gladys Christena Younkin, 33, died suddenly Friday evening, Jan. 9, at the 
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Younkin, Grantsville, Md.  She suffered 
a heart attack shortly after noon on Friday and passed away within a few hours.  
She was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Younkin and was born at 
Grantsville, Aug. 18, 1908.  Besides her parents, she leaves two sisters, Ruth 
Younkin, Pittsburgh, and Mary Younkin, at home, and three brothers, Harry and 
Walter Younkin, Grantsville, and Clarence younkin, Pittsburgh.
  Rev. L. A. Wagner, pastor of the Accident Lutheran Church, conducted funeral 
rites at the home Sunday afternoon, followed by interment in the Grantsville 
Cemetery.  Serving as pallbearers were Luther Huff, Harry Huff, Cecil Stanton 
and Frank Klotz.
  Ruth Younkin, Pittsburgh; Clarence Younkin, Baltimore, and Mr. and Mrs. Truman 
Bittinger, Oakland, were among those from out-of-town who came to attend the 
service.

Meyersdale Republican, January 15, 1942