OBIT: James A. YOUNKIN, 1984, Markleton, Somerset County, PA
  
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  YOUNKIN
  
  James A. Younkin, 80, of Markleton RD 1, died Oct. 1, 1984, in Meyersdale
  Community Hospital. Born Dec. 19, 1903, in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, a son
  of the late Wesley and Mary (Ohler) Younkin. Preceded in death by his wife,
  Mahala (King) Younkin. He is survived by the following children: Charles of
  Connellsville; Sara May of Sipesville; Martha Knopsnyder, Mary Jane Pugh and
  Melvin R., all of Somerset; Ruth Tressler and Paul of Markleton; Robert of
  Mt. Pleasant; and Shirley Gonzales of Confluence; also, 24 grandchildren and
  23 great-grandchildren. The following brothers and sisters: Elizabeth Pyle,
  Sara Sanner and Joseph Pyle, all of Rockwood. Friends will be received at the
  Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence, after 2 p.m. Wednesday (today) where funeral
  service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Stephen Show
  officiating. Interment, Old Bethel Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, October 3, 1984