MUNJOR, Kan. – Walter R. Younger, age 89, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Society of Ellis.

He was born August 7, 1925 at rural Trego County to Michael and Seraphina (Bieker) Younger. He married Martina (Korbe) on October 19, 1948 in Munjor, Kansas. This past Sunday was their 66th wedding anniversary.

He was a farmer/rancher in the Ellis area and was the owner of Younger Plumbing and Electric. He retired in 2000. He spent 21 years as a Custom Harvester and with a crew of his brothers and brothers-in-law traveling from Oklahoma to Montana. As a youngster he played the guitar and he was the lead guitarist for the Younger Brother’s Polka Band until the late 1990s. He also played banjo and trumpet. He was a WWII Army veteran and took his training as an Electrician from the Army and trained his two brothers also. He was a member of the Ellis V.F.W. Post No. 9139, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and has lived in the house he built in Munjor since 1950.

Survivors include his wife, Martina Younger, of the home; one son, Neal Younger and wife, Carolyn, Munjor, KS; one daughter, Gladys Powell and husband, Jamie, Beloit, KS; one brother, Donald Younger and wife, Rita, Ellis, KS; one sister, Lillian Reynolds and husband, Richard, Lake of the Ozark, MO; six grandchildren, Mike Gross, Jeremy Zimmerman, Amy Swanson (Virgel), Erin Garst (Justin), Maeghan Powell and fiancé, Dustin Linder, Brianna Younger and companion, McKinley Ross; seven great grandchildren, McKenzie Gross, Taylor and Merritt Swanson, Clayton and Trinity Garst, Bella Bailey and Lennon Ross.

He was preceded by his parents; one daughter, Gloria Zimmerman-Gross; one grandson, Cody Younger; four brothers, John, Bill, Bob and Michael Younger Jr.; three sisters, Edna Waldschmidt-Henderson, Viola Molleker-Sullivan, Evelyn Rohr-Stramel.

Funeral services are at 10:00 A.M. Friday, October 24, 2014, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Munjor, Kansas. Burial in St. Francis Cemetery, Munjor, Kansas and military honors by the Hays V.F.W. Post No. 9076.

Vigil service is at 7:00 P.M. Thursday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601. Visitation is from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Thursday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays and from 9:30 to 10:00 A.M. Friday, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Munjor, Kansas.

Memorials to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Ellis V.F.W. or Good Samaritan Society of Ellis. Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected].