Josephine "Jo" Younkins

(Buchanan) January 25, 2005; beloved wife of the late Emory Younkins Jr.; dear mother of Emory C. (Kathy Evans), Joseph E. (Judy) and Karen (Richard Battaglia) Schiedel; loving grandmother of Rose, Katie Jo, Christopher, Andrew and Nicholas and great-grandmother of Jaliliah and Tarif; sister of Veronica 'Tootie' Buchanan and the late James Buchanan, late Charles Buchanan, late Catherine (late Carl) Fruck, late John (late Winnie) Buchanan, late Mary (late John) Sexton, late William (Jane), late Adeline 'Addie' (late Edwin) Seifert. Friends may call Wednesday from 7-9 PM and Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the JAMES W. CANNAN FUNERAL HOME, INC. (Southtowns Chapel), 3155 Orchard Park Rd. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday at 9:30 AM at St. Vincent DePaul Church in Evans, NY. (Please assemble at Church). In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Highland Hose Ladies Auxiliary, PO Box 856, Derby, NY 14087. Jo was a charter member of the Highland Hose Auxiliary and active in the St. Paul High School Guild.