Meda Ann Younger

Meda Ann Brandt was born in Enterprise, Oregon on June 27, 1938, and spent the first six years of her life on her family’s dairy farm in Lostine. She was a fourth-generation Oregonian, whose ancestors came to Oregon in a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail. She was a descendant of Puritan settlers who originally settled in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1642. She moved to Corvallis with her family after World War Two and graduated from Corvallis High School in 1956, with many of her classmates becoming lifelong friends. She was a second-generation Oregon State graduate, eventually earning a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and master’s degree in counseling. Meda lived in Portland for two stints, first working as a flight attendant for West Coast Airlines, and later with her new husband Eldon Younger while he attended University of Oregon Medical School. The couple were stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota from 1966-1967. Returning from the Air Force, they settled in Corvallis, where Meda raised three sons, worked for the OSU athletic department ticket office, and enjoyed lively times with a circle of friends and family. She enjoyed reading, lifting weights, playing tennis and golf, watching her sons play CHS and Richey’s Market Legion baseball and CHS football. She was a fan of all OSU athletics and the Seattle Mariners. She also loved Black Butte Ranch, where she and Eldon shared ownership of Ridge Cabin 29 with three other families who were dear friends. Meda’s exit was consistent with her love of people, conversation, ideas, laughter, and socializing. She died at a memorial event for a long-time friend, collapsing while laughing at a memory from the 1970s, and was gone instantly. She had a quick wit, a hot temper, and deep compassion and feeling. Tears came easily to her. She was proud of where she came from, and where she ended up; Corvallis and OSU were glamorous to the girl from Wallowa County and remained so her entire life, and she loved her home of 50 years on the edge of campus. She will be dearly missed. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Dr. Eldon Younger, her parents Lewis and Ruby Brandt, sister Lois Henton and brother Brice Brandt. She is survived by her sons David, Greg, and Matt Younger, grandson Cole Younger and granddaughters Margaret, Vivian and Ruby Younger.

Meda Ann Younger

June 27, 1938 - June 14, 2024