Bruce Allen Yount, 93, of Connoquenessing Township passed away Saturday while under the care of the VNA Inpatient Hospice in Butler.

Born Oct. 15, 1925, in Mount Oliver, he was the son of the late Walter Allen Yount and Margaret Allene Dunn Yount.

Bruce was a graduate of Baldwin High School and held a bachelor's in business from Washington and Jefferson College.

He served proudly in during World War II in Central Europe in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a tail gunner in the 493rd Bombardment Group. He was shot down on his 25th mission and taken prisoner of war. He earned two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Butler, and was a member of the Merry Mature Methodists.

Bruce was employed by G.C. Murphy, Denny Rayburn and Anderson Products, and was promoted to industrial branch manager. During his working years, he was a member of the F & A Masons and the Shrine.

His wife of 73 years, Helen, was the love of his life. He will be greatly missed and fondly remembered.

Bruce leaves behind to cherish his memory his wife, Helen Louise Yount, whom he married on Nov. 21, 1945; his daughters, Nancy Failoni and her husband, Dennis, of Jupiter, Fla., and Deborah Walker and her husband, Bill, of Butler; his grandchildren, Lisa Murphy and her husband, Jim, Julie Brugger and her husband, Steve, Laura Mac, Kelly Yonston, Shannon Kiger and her husband, Brent, Ryan Walker and his fiancée, Morgan; his eight great-grandchildren; his siblings, Robert Yount of Hayward, Calif., and Mary Lou Keeler of Ogden, Utah; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, Bruce was preceded in death by a son, Bruce Allen Yount Jr.; and a sister, Betty Herpich.

YOUNT — Arrangements for Bruce Allen Yount, who died Saturday, March 2, 2019, have been entrusted to Boylan Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Connoquenessing Township, 856 Evans City Road, Renfrew.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Bruce's memory to the First United Methodist Church, 200 E. North St., Butler, PA 16001.Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.boylanfuneralservices.com.