20141230

Mason City, Iowa Bluegrass Broadcaster Passes!

Bluegrass Broadcaster  - Fredrick Alan Younger, 60, of Nora Springs IA, passed peacefully early Saturday morning, Dec. 27, 2014Fredrick Alan Younger, 60, of Nora Springs, Iowa passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, Dec. 27, 2014.

Fred loved bluegrass music and playing mandolin, especially with his son,Cole, at church and other area events.

His  weekly radio show, “Bluegrass Gospel Gems,” was in its sixth year  of broadcasting on KCMR-FM, 97.9 in Mason City.

Fred graduated from Nora Springs High School and the University of Northern Iowa with a major in anthropology and history in 1977.

He had married his college sweetheart, Judy, on Aug. 14, 1976. Fred and Judy were blessed with a son, Cole, in 1988, now a music teacher at Central Springs School.

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