Melvin H. "Jake" Youndt

Remembering "Jake" with Love... Melvin H. "Jake" Youndt, 85, formerly of Denver , Lancaster County , died Tuesday afternoon, April 12, 2005, at 2:20 PM in Fairmount Homes, Farmersville, Lancaster County , where he resided since June 1999. Born November 23, 1919, in Fivepointville, Lancaster County , he was a son of the late Raymond and Susie (Good) Youndt. His wife, Esther M. (Leinbach) Youndt, died May 29, 1999. He had retired from Good's Potato Chips, Adamstown, and had worked earlier for Elmer Brendle Masonry, Fivepointville and Bollman Hat Company, Adamstown. Jake was an Army veteran of World War II, a member of the Adamstown VFW, enjoyed fishing, hunting, wood burning and visiting his cabin in Lycoming County . Surviving: son, Clifford L., (Audrey Reddig) Youndt, Reamstown; daughter, Joanne F. (Clarence Lynn) Gantz, Ephrata; 6 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; sisters, Hazel Martin, Lititz; Erla (Eugene) Beiler, Lela (Henry) Horning, Lillian Weber, all Mohnton; Ruth Ann (Lamar) Hollinger, Myerstown; Harriet (Paul) Brackbill, Lancaster; Grace (Irvin) Horning, Ephrata Irene Horst, Millersville; brothers, Samuel (Janet Hurst) Weber, Denver; Richard (Barbara Martin) Weber, Wellsboro; George Weber, Ephrata. He was predeceased by brothers, Carl, Clair Leon Youndt. Viewing Service A viewing will be held on Friday, April 15, 2005, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM at the Chapel of Fairmount Homes, 333 Wheat Ridge Drive, Ephrata, PA. Also, a viewing will be held from our parlors on Saturday, April 16, 2005, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM with the ceremony celebrating "Jake's" life to begin at 11:00 AM. The Reverend William E. Hoke will officiate. Burial will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.