Mable Rose Younger

Mable Rose Younger, 95, Aberdeen resident and former in-home housekeeper, passed away on June 14, 2021, at Pacific Care Center in Hoquiam, Washington.

Mable was born on May 1, 1926, in Marlow, Oklahoma, to Clifton and Rose (Slaton) Owens. She lived in Marlow until the eighth grade when the family moved to Bray, Oklahoma, where she graduated high school in 1946.

In 1945, she married Charles Robert Baxter in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. They later divorced in 1971.

She was working at the glass factory until after the war was over, and then she stayed home to take care of her nine children. In 1965, things got tough, Mable lost three sons, Bobby, Terry and Kenneth Baxter in an automobile accident. She gathered her family and came to Aberdeen in 1966 and worked in restaurants and motels as a housekeeper in Grayland.

In the mid ’70s, Mable went to work in Seattle as a private housekeeper. She would commute to and from Aberdeen until her retirement in 2004.

In 1978, Mable married Jodie Younger in South Aberdeen. He died on Sept. 19, 2008, in Aberdeen.

Mable was one of the founding members of the Hoquiam Nazarene Church. She loved making quilts for every one of her children and grandchildren.

Mable is survived by two sons: Larry Baxter of Seattle, Washington and Danny Baxter of Phoenix, Arizona; two daughters: Lavon Peltier of Norman, Oklahoma and Anna Baxter of Lynnwood, Washington; a daughter-in-law, Kristy McKinney-Ward of Aberdeen, Washington; a brother, Carl Owens of Oklahoma, a sister, Lena Ramming of Duncan, Oklahoma; 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by sons: Bobby, Terry, Kenneth, Ronnie and Timmy Baxter; a daughter Marie Baxter as an infant in 1969; three brothers: Clifton, Willie and Lloyd Owens and a sister Frances Akins.

Anyone who knew her was instantly blessed. She was very kind, generous and patient. She enjoyed cooking and baking for family and friends. Heaven gained a beautiful angel. May she rest in paradise.

There will be a graveside service for Mable on Thursday, June 24 at 1 P.M. in Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Washington.

Arrangements are entrusted to Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen, Washington.