Justin Thomas Younkin, 42, of Monticello passed away on May 17, 2023.
He was born September 30, 1980 to Thomas and Sue Younkin. He attended local schools and lettered in football while at Jeff.
He built a career working in dirt- owning lawn care and landscaping businesses, also doing excavations and building sea walls.
He was a member of Laborers #274 and the Operators Union.
Justin’s true love was the woods and the water. He was happiest and most at home in a boat or a duck blind with his dogs.
He is survived by his mother and father, Sue Whitaker and Thomas Younkin, stepfather Henry Fairfield, stepmother Terri Younkin, brother Joshua Riley and his wife Tebel Kiser, nephews Dault and Dylen Riley and niece Madison Riley. Also surviving are Bear, Dewey, Pickles, Turbo and Dudley.
He was preceded in death by grandparents, Harry and Lucille Younkin and Robert and Thelma Whitaker.
Visitation will be from 6:00 pm until the time of the service at 7:00 pm on Friday, May 26, 2023 at Soller-Baker Lafayette Chapel, 400 Twyckenham Blvd. Lafayette, IN. 47909.