Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameEdward Earl YOUNG
Birth5 Sep 1925, Porter County, Indiana1594,1595,5,1020
Memobirth cert
Death19 Apr 2009, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas1595,1596
Burial22 Apr 2009, Memory Gardens Cemetery, Hobbs, New Mexico1595
ReligionLutheran
Alias/AKAEddie, the “Bread Man”
FatherElmer Raymond YOUNG (1899-1966)
MotherVirginia Anna JOHNSTON (1900-1982)
Spouses
Birth6 Apr 1926, Indiana5
DeathMay 1983, Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico1595
Marriage1994, New Mexico
Census notes for Edward Earl YOUNG
1930 Indiana, Porter County, Chesterton, Westchester Township, Vol. 64, E.D. 22, sheet 13A, film T626-622 (taken 14 Apr 1930)
15th Street, dwelling 301, family 321
Young, Elmer, head, owns $2800 house, no radio, male white, age 31, married age 21, born Indiana, parents born Indiana, foreman on railroad
--------, Virginia, wife, female, white, age 29, married age 19, born Illinois, father born Michigan, mother born Illinois
--------, George, son, male, white, age 8, single, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Illinois
--------, Edward, son, male, white, age 4, single, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Illinois
Anderson, Walter, boarder, male, white, age 35, single, born Illinois, unknown for parents, laborer railroad, WWI
Dannenburg, John, boarder, male, white, age 35, single, born Michigan, parent born Michigan, laborer railroad, WWI
Young, Charles H., father, male, white, age 51, widower, married at age 17, born Indiana, parents born Indiana, laborer road

1940 Indiana, Porter County, Westchester Township, Chesterton, E.D. 64-23, sheet 19B (taken 29 Apr 1940)
household 467, owns, $1095
Young, Elmer, head, male, white, age 40, married, 8th grade, born Indiana, lived in same house in 1935, section foreman, railroad
———, Virginia, wife, female, white, age 39, married, 3 yrs high school, born Illinois, lived in same house in 1935
———, George, son, male, white, age 19, single, 1 yr high school, born Indiana, lived in same house in 1935, laborer in contractor co.
———, Edward, son, male, white, age 14, single, 8th grade, born Indiana, lived in same house in 1935
———, Walter, son, male, white, age 6, single, 1st grade, born Indiana, lived in same house in 1935
———, James, son, male, white, age 4, single, born Indiana
Military notes for Edward Earl YOUNG
U.S. Army in World War II Germany and Korean Conflict
Past commander of the American Legion
Obituary notes for Edward Earl YOUNG
Edward "Eddie" Young 
Funeral services for Edward "Eddie" Young of Hobbs, N.M., will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at Grace Lutheran Church with the Rev. Robert Catherwood Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. 
Arrangements are under the direction of Chapel of Hope Funeral Home. 
Mr. Young, 83, died April 19, 2009, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. He was born Sept. 5, 1925, in Porter, Ind. He married Rose Young in 1994 in Lovington, N.M. 
Eddie served as sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was in World War II in Germany and served in the Korean Conflict. He served as past commander of the American Legion. Eddie was an avid bowler and was known as the "Bread Man." He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. 
Survivors include his wife, Rose Young of Hobbs, N.M.; three sons, Dennis Young and wife Holly of Edmond, Okla., Terry Young and wife Christine of Humble, Texas, and Gary Young and wife Laura of Hobbs, N.M.; four daughters, Patty Heady and husband Gary of Hobbs, N.M., Monika Thompson and husband Douglas of Orange Park, Fla., Mary Orquiz and husband Jr. of Artesia, N.M., and Helena Lingafelter and husband Greg of Hobbs, N.M.; two brothers, Jim Young and wife Shelly of Mt. Vernon, Ill., and Walter Young of Cottonwood, Ariz.; 19 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. 
Eddie was preceded in death by his first wife, Darlene Young in 1983; his parents, Elmer and Virginia Young; a brother, George Young; and a sister-in-law, Skeeter Young. 
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
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