OBIT: Joseph Scott YOUNKIN, 2004, native of Ursina, Somerset County, PA
  
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  JOSEPH SCOTT YOUNKIN

  Joseph Scott Younkin, 84, Connellsville, died Feb. 18, 2004, in Highlands
  Hospital.  Scott was born Feb. 11, 1920, in Ursina, a son of the late
  Fredrick and Mary E. Layfield Younkin Sr.  Preceded in death by his parents,
  his wife Cleda Rose Prince Younkin, three brothers Lloyd F. "Punk" Younkin,
  Blair E. "Jake" Younkin, and Harold Younkin, two sisters Clema N. Stevenson
  and Virginia Prince.  Survived by a daughter Molly Jo Younkin, a grandson
  Zachary J. Raymond and a son-in-law Patrick Raymond and five nieces and
  four nephews.  Scott was the last surviving member of the Fred and Mary
  Younkin family.  Scott was a graduate of the Confluence High School with the
  class of 1938.  He attended the former Franklin Business College in
  Connellsville and Penn State Extension College in Somerset, and also
  attended California University of Pa.  Scott was a veteran of World War II
  in the 84th Infantry Division, in the European Theatre of Operations.  He
  became Sergeant Major of the Personnel Office of the 333rd Regiment.  Scott
  was a prisoner of war for eight days and received the bronze star.  Prior to
  his retirement in 1972 Scott worked as a commercial sales representative for
  the Columbia Gas Co. for over 20 years.  Scott was a life member of the
  Ursina American Legion 946 and the Confluence VFW 7250.  He was also a
  member of the King Solomon's Lodge 346 F&AM in Connellsville.  Scott was a
  member of the United Community Church of God in Ursina and formerly
  attended the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Connellsville.  Family
  and friends will be received in the Brooks Funeral Home Inc., 111 E. Green
  St., Connellsville, Fri. from 7 to 9 p.m.  Additional viewing will be held
  Sat. from 11 a.m. until noon in the United Community Church of God, Ursina.
  The Rev. Paul Tobias officiating.  A committal service and interment will
  follow in the Ursina Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted at the
  cemetery.
  
   02/19/2004 Daily American