Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery, Grant County, Oklahoma

December 04, 1950 - August 28, 2018

Dennis Lawrence Yunker was born December 4, 1950, to Lawrence and Louise (McCoy) Yunker. Denny was raised in Wakita, Oklahoma, and graduated from Wakita High School in 1969.

He served six years in the Army National Guard of Kansas, with an honorable discharge in 1975. He attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva.

In 1970, Denny married Martha Gibson and together they had two sons: Lawrence and Jacob.

Denny married Fawna Miller in October 1991. Together, they had three children: Kathryn, Matthew, and Andrew.

Denny worked as a custom cutter during wheat harvest until the early 1990's. He then began Yunker Construction Company. Denny was a very hard worker and instilled a strong work ethic in each of his children.

He was active in St. Mary's Assumption Catholic Church of Wakita, where he taught Sunday School. He was a member of several different community and state organizations.

A family man, Denny loved spending time with his wife, children and grandchildren. He was a supportive parent, always being involved with all of the kids' activities. He will always be a friend to many, and greatly missed by all who knew him.

Due to complications from a short but fierce battle with lung cancer, he went to be with our Lord and Savior Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Enid, Oklahoma.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Denny will be deeply missed by his wife, Fawna, of the home; sons: Lawrence and wife, Laura, of Enid; Jacob, of Oklahoma City; Matthew and Andrew, of Wakita; and daughter, Kathryn, of Wakita; one brother, David and wife, Beth, of Yukon; and a sister, Joan Adelman and husband, Mike, of Yukon; two grandchildren: Britton and Briley, of Enid; many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and a host of friends.

Remembrance and Rosary service is 6:30 p.m. Friday, August 31, 2018. Mass of Christian Burial 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 1, 2018, at St. Mary's Assumption Catholic Church, Wakita, Oklahoma. Burial follows in Calvary Cemetery, Medford, Oklahoma.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mary's Assumption Catholic Church.

Arrangements by Prairie Rose Funeral Homes, 602 E. Main St., Anthony, KS 67003. Condolences may be made at www.PrairieRoseFuneralHomes.com. \

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