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Henry Lambert Yonker
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Physician, soldier.
Born at Vriesland, Michigan on 25 October 1875, he received BA and MA degrees from the Hope College at Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1903, he graduated from the Rush Medical School at the University of Chicago then practiced medicine at Seattle, Washington prior to moving to Winnipeg in 1905 and continuing to work as a physician.
In 1917, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and went overseas with the Canadian Army Medical Corps with the rank of Captain. After his military discharge, he returned to Winnipeg and his medical practice.
He and wife Anna Huminalovich (1890-1936) had three children: Zenon Yonker (1915-1943), Helen Martha Yonker (1915-2010, wife of Walter Victor Bohonos), and Lucille Yonker (1920-?, wife of G. F. Myers). The family lived at 397 Burrows Avenue. He served as a trustee for the Winnipeg School Division (1933-1934) and was an unsuccessful Social Credit candidate for the Winnipeg North riding in the 1945 federal general election.
He died at the St. Boniface General Hospital on 26 November 1968 and was buried with his wife in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Attestation papers [Henry Yonker], Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Birth registration [Lucille Yonker], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Anna Yonker], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Anna Yonker], Winnipeg Tribune, 7 May 1936, page 5.
Marriage registration [Helen Martha Yonker, Walter Victor Bohonis], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 28 November 1968, page 47.
Obituary [Helen Bohonos], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 May 2010.
Henry Yonker (unknown-1968), FindAGrave.
Anna Yonker (unknown-1936), FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 October 2025
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