Leonard Verner YOUNG

YOUNG, KLESEL, LEHMANN, FLANAGAN, WRIGHT, YOUNG-STREIT, STREIT, BRUNES, LIEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/8/2010 at 18:40:10

Belmond Independent, Iowa
October 24, 2001

Leonard "Slim" Young, 70, of Klemme, died Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City. Funeral services were held on Saturday, October 20 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garner, with the Rev. Craig Steimel officiating. Interment was in the St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, with military rites conducted by the Garner Veterans Ceremonial Unit.

Leonard Verner Young, the son of Verner and Gertrude (Klesel) Young, was born May 30, 1931, on a farm near Garner. He attended rural school at Garfield No. 7 and graduated from Garner High School in 1949. He farmed with his father until 1952, when he served his country during the Korean Conflict in the U.S. Air Force. He was stationed in Roswell, N.M. On June 3, 1953, he married Donna Lou Lehmann at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garner. They lived in Roswell until his discharge in 1956. They returned to Garner, where they farmed west of town. In 1988, they moved to Klemme. Slim drove school bus for the Garner-Hayfield Community Schools. He was a milk hauler for the Farmers Co-op Creamery Association in Garner and drove truck for Kor-Bert Meats in Klemme. He also worked for Pioneer Seeds for 20 years, managing detasseling crews. In June, 2000 he and Donna completed their three-year lay ministry course and actively ministered to those in need. Slim enjoyed his family, watching boxing on TV, fishing and beekeeping. He was a lifetime member of St. Boniface Catholic Church. He belonged to the Knights of Columbus and was a 4th Degree Knight.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his grandfather, Ferdinand Young; and a foster brother, Robert Flanagan. Survivors include his wife, Donna of Klemme; three daughters: Patricia and her husband, Dennis Wright of Grimes and their three children, Andrew, Thomas and Rachel; Linda Young-Streit and her husband, Robert, of Boone and their two sons, Daniel and Adam; and Suzan Brunes and her husband, Kevin, of Klemme and their two children, Kristine and Jesse; a brother, Bill Young and his wife, Nancy, of Garner; a sister, Betty Lien and her husband William, of Kimberling City, MO; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.