Draper Isaac Younker, 73, retired farmer, dropped dead of a heart attack Tuesday at his home, 169 South First East street. Mr. Younker had been working in his garden shortly before noon and had just entered for lunch when he complained of being tired. Shortly afterward he suffered the attack. He was born near Harrisburg, Pa., on May 22, 1865, a son of Jeremiah and Adelia Goodsell Younker. When he was a year old he went to Iowa with his parents and in his early manhood pioneered in South Dakota. Later he lived in Missouri, Michigan and Arkansas. He had been a resident of Logan since 1924, moving from North Logan, where he had lived for six years previously. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Christine Ball Younker; two sons, Chester D. Younker of Logan and S. Wayne Younker of North Logan; a foster son, George E. Hughes of Santa Monica, Cal.; five grandchildren, six brothers and sisters, Mrs. Cora Reynolds of Orange, Cal.; Charles Younker of San Diego, Cal.; George S. Younker of Nashua, Iowa; Mrs. Ella Cawl of Ames, Iowa; Edward K. Younker of Davidson, Mich., and Mrs. Ada Kilbourn of Berthold, N.D.
Draper Isaac Younker, 73, retired farmer, dropped dead of a heart attack Tuesday at his home, 169 South First East street. Mr. Younker had been working in his garden shortly before noon and had just entered for lunch when he complained of being tired. Shortly afterward he suffered the attack. He was born near Harrisburg, Pa., on May 22, 1865, a son of Jeremiah and Adelia Goodsell Younker. When he was a year old he went to Iowa with his parents and in his early manhood pioneered in South Dakota. Later he lived in Missouri, Michigan and Arkansas. He had been a resident of Logan since 1924, moving from North Logan, where he had lived for six years previously. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Christine Ball Younker; two sons, Chester D. Younker of Logan and S. Wayne Younker of North Logan; a foster son, George E. Hughes of Santa Monica, Cal.; five grandchildren, six brothers and sisters, Mrs. Cora Reynolds of Orange, Cal.; Charles Younker of San Diego, Cal.; George S. Younker of Nashua, Iowa; Mrs. Ella Cawl of Ames, Iowa; Edward K. Younker of Davidson, Mich., and Mrs. Ada Kilbourn of Berthold, N.D.
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