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Marlys Younkin

September 15, 1936 — March 28, 2022

Marlys Younkin, 85, of Gilman, Iowa, passed away on Monday, March 28, 2022 at Unity Point St. Luke’s Hospital comfortably in her sleep. Services for Marlys will be held on Friday, April 1, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. A visitation for family and friends will be held one hour prior to services. Memorials in Marlys’s name may be directed to the family for a later designation. For additional information or to send a condolence to the family please visit www.mitchellfh.com or call 641-844-1234. Marlys Ann Olinger was born on September 15, 1936 to parents Homer and Jeanette (Ostendorf) Olinger in Clear Lake, Iowa. She attended school in Clear Lake and eventually graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1954. She continued her education at Mount Mercy College where she received her Bachelors Degree to become a teacher in mathematics. On April 12, 1963, she was united in marriage to the love of her life Roger Younkin at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Together they raised their children Michael and Marla. They moved to Gilman, Iowa and she began working for Grinnell Mutual Insurance as a claims adjuster. She retired from the company in 1990. In her free time, she enjoyed reading books, watching old movies, going to watch her children’s activities and babysitting the grandchildren. She took occasional trips to Las Vegas and loved to go gambling with her sister-in law Bonnie. In her younger years she loved to take trips with her grandma Hazel and would tell her children about the adventures they had together. Marlys was well known to love family gatherings and reunions and would always make her famous scalloped potatoes and she always made sure to have plenty. She also enjoyed canning the vegetables from Rogers Garden every fall and playing cards at family gatherings. Those left to remember and cherish her memory are her children Mike (Mary Watters) Younkin and Marla (James Bell) Edwards; her grandchildren, Cody (Michelle) Younkin, Tatum Younkin, Emma Younkin, Sophie Younkin, Nile Edwards, Kate Edwards and Luke Edwards; her great-grandchildren, Kael Younkin and Juliette Younkin; her siblings, Gary Olinger, Richard Olinger, Kurt (Tip) Olinger, Marcia (Dennis) Anderson and Marjorie Wenzel; her sister-in-law Karen Olinger; alongside numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roger Younkin; her parents Homer and Jeanette Olinger; her siblings, Merle Olinger and Harold (Bonnie) Olinger and a sister in infancy; she was also preceded in death by her sister-in-law Pat Olinger and her brother-in-law Wayne Wenzel.

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