Roy W. Yunker, Jr.

Roy Walter Yunker Jr formally of O’Hara Township passed away in Dallas, GA following a traffic accident

on Saturday April 13, 2024. He was 58 years old. Roy was born on August 8, 1965 in Pittsburgh, PA to his

parents Roy and Patricia (Romanowski) Yunker.

Roy graduated from Fox Chapel High School in 1983. He was a National Merit Scholar and he received an

NROTC Scholarship. He attended The University of Illinois and graduated in 1987 with a B.S. in Electrical

Engineering. While at The University of Illinois, Roy participated in the Naval R.O.T.C, and was a member

of the Rifle Team. Upon graduation, he was commissioned into the United States Marine Corps. Roy was

stationed at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma for artillery training, then he was stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps

Base Command in Okinawa, Japan. In 1990, as a First Lieutenant, he joined a detachment headed to

Kuwait and was a Field Artillery Officer during Operation Desert Storm. Following the end of the First

Gulf War, he headed back to Okinawa. Roy was honorably discharged from the Marines in 1992. He lived

in Florida for a time, and then he moved to Atlanta, GA. He graduated from the John Marshall Law

School in 2008, worked as a law clerk, and then was a practicing attorney in the Atlanta Metro Area in

the areas of Criminal Defense, Family Law, and Civil Lawsuits. He also worked as a public defender, and

he volunteered at the Fulton County Veterans Court.

Roy is preceeded in death by his father Roy Yunker Sr, and his grandparents John and Elsie (Dabert)

Yunker, and Chester and Josephine (Chybrzynski) Romanowski. Roy is survived by his mother Patricia

Yunker, his sister Suzanne (Randy) Mika, and his brother John (Lisa) Yunker, his nephews Maxwell (27)

and Samuel (21) Mika, and Matthew (18) and Anthony (15) Yunker, and his niece Anna (15) Yunker.

A Funeral Mass will be held at 12:00 PM on Friday September 19, 2025 at Blessed Sacrament Church 800

Montana Avenue Natrona Heights, PA 15065. Burial and a Reception will follow.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Marine Corps Scholarship Fund online at The Marine

Corps Scholarship Foundation.