William Ellsworth YOUNG, Sr.

YOUNG, HARRIS, TAYLOR, GEARHARDT, NOBLE, BUSHNELL, STOCK, JENSEN, DARBYSHIRE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/19/2006 at 20:56:04

William Ellsworth Young, Sr., 82, of Clarion, died Saturday, August 18, 2001, at Community Memorial Hospital, Clarion. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, August 22, at the First United Methodist Church, Clarion. Pastor Lavonne Kaasa will officiate at the 10:30 a.m. service. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion. Military rites will be provided by the American Legion. Ewing Dugger Willim Funeral Home in Clarion is in charge of arrangements. There will be visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. William Ellsworth Young was born July 11, 1919, in Delaware County near Manchester, the son of Emma Claire Noble Young and Daniel Burdette Young. He served five years in the Army and was in England, Africa, Sicily and Italy during World War II with the 113th Cavalry Regiment, Red Horse Unit, part of the Fifth Army. He kept in touch with his Army buddies at yearly reunions for all of his life. The Army experience was an important part of his life. He attended St. Ambrose College in Davenport and Coe College in Cedar Rapids. Bill and Lorraine Bushnell, of Manchester, were united in marriage September 5, 1946. To this union were born three children, Deana, William and Burdette. After moving to Clarion in 1956, Bill established Youngco, Inc., a grain care company, and later expanded his business to include transferring grain and other products at the site of railroad derailments. In 1977, Bill was elected Mayor of Clarion, a position he held until 1983. He cared deeply for his community and his friends. He was particularly interested in youth projects, and was a member of First United Methodist Church, Clarion. Bill is survived by his wife, Lorraine; children, Deana Stock and husband, Mitch of Modesto, California, William Richard and wife, Nancy Jensen Young of Ankeny, Bud and wife, Bonnie Darbyshire Young of Clarion, seven grandsons; and four great-grandchildren and one brother, Dean Young and wife, Claire of Vancouver, Washington. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Noble Bud and Robert Young; three sisters, Ethelynne Harris, Helen Sue Taylor and Betty Gearhardt. Memorials may be sent to Community Memorial Health Foundation, 1316 South Main, Clarion, Iowa 50525.

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