OBIT: Willis George YOUNKIN, 1949, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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WILLIS GEORGE YOUNKIN

  Willis George Younkin, 41, of Grantsville, a veteran of World War II, died at 
the Hazel McGilvery Hospital, Meyersdale, Tuesday morning, May 4, of 
complications, the result of injuries he received in a sawmill accident April 7, 
at the mill of his brother-in-law, Carl Richter, near Grantsville.
  Mr. Younkin was caught in the saw which severed his left arm and inflicted 
body bruises.  He was a patient in the hospital from that time until his death.
  He was born in Grantsville November 15, 1907, the son of the late George and 
Susan Younkin.  He attended the public school in Grantsville and was a member of 
the Lutheran Church.
  He entered the Army March, 1941, served four years with the 334th Airborne 
Medical Corps, spent 21 months overseas and was in six major battles.
  After he was discharged, September 9, 1945, he returned to Grantsville and 
took employment as a sawmill worker with Mr. Richter.  He married Miss Hilda 
Catherine Platter, daughter of Orvan and Minnie Platter, September 7, 1948.
  He is survived by his wife, three sisters, Mrs. James Livingston and Mrs. Nina 
Patterson of Clarksville, W.Va., and Mrs. Carl Richter of Grantsville, and one 
brother, Floyd Younkin, Louisa, Ky.
  Funeral services were held at the Grantsville Lutheran Church Friday 
afternoon, with the Rev. George E. Bowersox, Jr., pastor, and the Rev. Ross 
Speicher, pastor of the Maple Glen Brethren Church officiating.  Music was 
furnished by the church choir.
  Burial was in the Grantsville cemetery where full military rites were accorded 
him by the American Legion Post No. 214.  Commander Wayne Durst was in charge.  
Chaplain Ray Jenkins read the burial service.
  Out-of-town relatives who attended the funeral were Floyd Younkin, Louisa, 
Ky., Mr. and Mrs. James Livingston, Mrs. Nina Patterson and son Donald 
Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kenney, all of Clarksburg, W.Va.

Meyersdale Republican, May 12, 1949