Erma
Ruth (Ream) Younkin
(1921-2003)
Erma
Ruth (Ream) Younkin was born on Nov. 7, 1921 in Lower Turkeyfoot Twp.
Confluence, Somerset County, PA. She was the 16th and last child born to Joseph
and Sarah Ellen (Harbaugh) Ream.
Erma married Galon Glen Younkin (1925-2002), a native of Kingwood, Somerset County, and the son of Charles Milton and Grace Alma (Beachy) Younkin.
They had two sons -- Galon Younkin Jr. and Barry Lee Younkin.
During World War II, Galon served in the US Air Force. After the war ended, the Younkins moved to Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH.
Galon
and Erma are seen here during the wartime era with one of their baby
sons.
Erma "was a member of Peoples Hope United Methodist Church in Cleveland," said the Somerset (PA) Daily American. "She was a nursing assistant at St. John's Hospital in Cleveland."
The Younkins attending the annual Harbaugh Reunions and are known to have been present in 1963, 1966 and 1969 (when each of those years they received the "Furthest Traveled" award).
Galon died in Cleveland on June 3, 2002. Erma passed away, also in Cleveland, on March 4, 2003. A memorial service was held in their home church, the Old Bethel Church of God near Kingwood, Somerset County, in the spring of 2003.
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