8/23/1946 - 5/25/2017
Richard Young, age 70, a resident of Portland, passed away
Thursday, May 25, 2017 at Parkview North Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Richard was a graduate of Bryant High School and served in the U.S. Army
in the Corp of Engineers in Vietnam. Richard worked at Zurcher Tire for over
30 years and was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Portland.
Richard Young was born August 23, 1946 in Jay County the son of Richard K.
Young and Virginia (Dority) Frakes. He was married on March 7, 1968 to Sandy
Calhoun.
Survivors Include:
His wife- Sandy Young, Portland,
Indiana
2 Sons- Chad Young (wife- Shanna), Portland, Indiana
Troy Young (wife- Carrie), Geneva, Indiana
1 Brother- Jeff Young
(wife- Toni), Rosenburg, Texas
1 Sister- Sherry Huffman (husband-
Tom), Bluffton, Indiana
10 Grandchildren
He was preceded in
death by his mother and step-father Virginia and Jack Frakes, his father
Richard K. Young and his brother Larry Frakes.
Visitation will be
held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday May 30, 2017 at Fellowship Baptist
Church in Portland.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday,
May 30, 2017 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Portland. Pastor Hugh Kelly
will officiate and burial will follow in the Green Park Cemetery in
Portland. The Portland American Legion post 211 will conduct military
graveside rites.
Memorials may be directed to the Jay County Cancer
Society.
Williamson & Spencer Funeral Home; 05/25/2017
Contributed by Jim Cox
Buried in Green Park Cemetery