Obituary • 03-13-26 • Carl Donham Youngberg

Obituary • 03-13-26 • Carl Donham Youngberg

Carl Donham Youngberg, 83, died on Jan. 25, 2026, after a lengthy illness. The son of Axel Bernhardt Youngberg and Clara Bell Donham, he and his sister Linda were born in Parkville, Mo., and grew up on a farm. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a masters in counseling and social psychology, and after college, joined the newly-formed Peace Corps where he served for three years in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as a professor of…