Mrs. Rosa Salmons, Brownstown, Dies (5 Mar 1965)
Mrs. Rosa Salmons, 76, Brownstown, died at 9:50 p.m. Friday at home.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary Cummins of Beecher City; sons, Clarence of Brownstown and Oral of Humboldt; sister Mrs. Elizabeth Stretch of El Reno, Okla.; brother, Willis Younker of Centralia; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Salmons was a member of Brownstown Methodist Church in whose house of worship funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, with the pastor, Rev. Paul Brown, officiating. Burial was in Liberty Cemetery. Claggett Funeral Home, Brownstown, in charge.
Mrs. Salmons had lived many years in Loudon Township and moved to Brownstown five years ago.
Daughter of John Yunker and Mary Younger, Rosa was born Dec. 8, 1888, near Shelyville. She and Clarence Salmons were married at Strasburg March 17, 1909. He preceded her in death June 24, 1958. Mrs. Salmons had been in failing health for 10 months and had been a residence of Fayette County 48 years.
Note: A Few of John Yunker's children added the "o" in their last name, during World War I, to become more Americanize. Mary Rosa Belle Younker was one of them.
Mrs. Rosa Salmons, Brownstown, Dies (5 Mar 1965)
Mrs. Rosa Salmons, 76, Brownstown, died at 9:50 p.m. Friday at home.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary Cummins of Beecher City; sons, Clarence of Brownstown and Oral of Humboldt; sister Mrs. Elizabeth Stretch of El Reno, Okla.; brother, Willis Younker of Centralia; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Salmons was a member of Brownstown Methodist Church in whose house of worship funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, with the pastor, Rev. Paul Brown, officiating. Burial was in Liberty Cemetery. Claggett Funeral Home, Brownstown, in charge.
Mrs. Salmons had lived many years in Loudon Township and moved to Brownstown five years ago.
Daughter of John Yunker and Mary Younger, Rosa was born Dec. 8, 1888, near Shelyville. She and Clarence Salmons were married at Strasburg March 17, 1909. He preceded her in death June 24, 1958. Mrs. Salmons had been in failing health for 10 months and had been a residence of Fayette County 48 years.
Note: A Few of John Yunker's children added the "o" in their last name, during World War I, to become more Americanize. Mary Rosa Belle Younker was one of them.
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Emily Susan Yunker
1873–1884
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Frederick Henry Younker
1875–1962
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Margaret Jane Yunker Stanley
1877–1919
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George Winfield Yunker
1878–1915
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Richard Lafayette Younker
1880–1960
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Charles William Younker
1881–1963
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Lyman Walter Yunker
1883–1929
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John Wills Younker
1885–1981
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Nancy Kazia Elizabeth Yunker Stretch
1887–1970
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