Elizabeth
(Younkin) Wable
(1883-1917)
Georgia ‘Elizabeth’ (Younkin) Wable was born near Rockwood, Somerset County, PA on May 2, 1883, the daughter of William ‘Shedrick’ and Caroline (Cupp) Younkin. Both she and her husband died young, leaving two daughters as orphans.
Lizzie married Charles T. Wable (1878-1918), son of Hiram Wable of Rockwood. They resided on West Broadway in Rockwood, and had two daughters, Fern Vough and Ruby Barron.
A
local newspaper once said that she was "a devoted member"” of the United
Evangelical Church in Rockwood.
Tragically, Lizzie suffered from “liver trouble” and in 1917 was very sick. After three months of suffering, she died on Feb. 1, 1917, just shy of her 34th birthday. Her funeral was conducted at her church by Rev. G.W. Hetrick. She was buried at Rockwood IOOF Cemetery.
A year later, at age 40, Charles caught the flu, which developed into pneumonia. He died shortly afterward, in October 1918. His funeral was conducted by Rev. W.A. McClellan of the Rockwood Reformed Church. He also was buried at the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
After Lizzie’s death, her daughters were
said to have been raised by Billy Wable.
Daughter Ruby is pictured in the book, Down the Road of Our Past, Book II, seen here, published by the Rockwood Area Historical and Genealogical Society.
Daughter Fern moved to Akron, OH, and worked for the American Greetings Card Company in Cleveland.
Copyright © 2001, 2003 Mark A. Miner