FOUR BROTHERS:

ALBERT YOUAKIM

DANIEL YOUAKIM

PETER YOUAKIM

WILLIAM YOUAKIM

NOTE: I was only able to find Peter Youakim's graduation picture. All the other brothers attended Hackensack High School and all served in the Military. Albert told me in a conversation I had with him in 2005, that he got his High School diploma while serving in the Marines because he left Hackensack High School in the spring to join. The same may have been the case for Daniel and William.

Written by:
Bob Meli
2011

AL YOUAKIM

TOURNAMENT IN HIS MEMORY

A Volunteer to the

United Spinal Association

For 61 YEARS

Inside is an article that appeared in the paper on November 4, 2007
two months after Al Youakim passed away. The 15 year old boy named
Dylan Levine, who is mentioned in the article, was in my daughter's
wedding party and walked down the church aisle as the ring bearer.

He had been diagnosed with his disease when he was three.

He was determined to walk down that aisle and did at the age of four. Not long
after that he never walked again.

I have not seen Dylan Levine since he moved from our neighborhood one year later when he was only five years old. The impact of what happened to Pete Youakim when he was crippled in that fox hole over sixty years ago and his brother Al's commitment to the disabled is still being felt today.

Written by:
Bob Meli
October 19, 2009

Trailblazer for Disabled Article - November 13, 2005

Albert Youakim Wheelchair Sports Article - August 18, 2007

Albert Youakim Obituary - August 18, 2007

The Record Article - November 4, 2007 (Dylan Levine)

Wall Unit Display Poster of Albert Youakim

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Youakim Story

Peter Youakim