Garfield – George E. Youngers, 88, passed away December 15, 2014.

He was born December 11, 1926 in Willowdale, Kansas; the son of William and Alice Smith Youngers. He was engaged in farming all of his life. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Larned and was an active member of the Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Seward.

On May 18, 1949 he married Evelyn Marx in Ost, Kansas. She survives.

Other survivors include; five sons, Ed and wife Jane, Garfield, Melvin and wife Linda, Moses Lake, Washington; Loren and wife Carolyn, La Veta, Colorado, Alan, Overland Park, and Dennis and wife Danyelle, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, six daughters, Carol Ross and husband Bruce, Torrington, Wyoming, Janet Scheuerman and husband Gary, Garden City, Lora Youngers, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Lisa Egan and husband Lance, Derby, Myrma Hamm and husband Jim, Tampa, and Denise Warren and husband Steve, Wright; thirty three grandchildren and twenty six great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by; his parents, two brothers, Lester and Fritz; a daughter, Doreen Amon; a granddaughter, Anne Marie Youngers and a great grandson, Mason Shroyer.

Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Seward with Father Rene Guesnier presiding. Rosary will be 7:00 p.m. Friday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Beckwith Mortuary. Burial will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the St. Peters Catholic Cemetery, Willowdale, Kansas.

Memorials may be given to the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in care of the Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.