Montezuma County CO Archives Obituaries.....Young, George Mike July 19, 2000
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George Mike Young

Funeral services for George Mike Young, 81, of Mancos, were held Saturday,
July 22, at the Mancos First Baptist Church. Burial was at Cedar Grove
Cemetery; Pastor Paul K. Wilson officiated.
  Mike passed away at Mancos, Colo., on Wednesday, July 19, 2000. He was
born Nov. 11, 1918, in Colorado Springs, Colo., son of George B. Young and
Lucy (Hayes) Young. He was brought back to their ranch in Dry Creek Basin in
San Miguel County at two weeks old, where he was raised and schooled.
  After graduating from CSU and majoring in Animal Husbandry, Mike returned
to Dry Creek Basin in 1940 to take over the ranch for his ailing father.
Mike Young was involved in the area's politics, serving on the school board,
San Miguel Water Board, Southwest Water Board, as well as twenty-four years
as San Miguel County Commissioner, and 4-H leader in Mancos and Dry Creek
Basin. After selling his Dry Creek Basin ranch in 1978, Mike moved to
Mancos, where he lived until his death. Mike was a member of the Elks Lodge
and he was very involved and proud of his work in the AA program of which he
was a 25-year member.
  Mike loved working with his horses, riding in the mountains, deer and elk
hunting, and taking care of his ranch operation. He loved his work with
sheep, cattle, horses, and raising mules. Mike's work was his hobby, pastime
and love. When not doing these things, he loved to read and was a very good
artist, especially drawing cartoons. He was a loving father, husband,
grandfather, and great-grandfather, and will be dearly missed by all.
  Mike is survived by his wife, Shirley Young of Mancos; daughters, Carolyn
Young of Norwood, and Jacquelyn Franklin of Norwood; sons, Dr. William Young
and wife Diana Young of Eugene, Ore., and James Young and wife, Juanita Noth
Young of Norwood; stepchildren and their spouses, Trudy and Randy Williams
of Mancos, Chris and Cherie Russell of Palisade, Colo., Jimmie and Julie
Reneau of Tijeras, N.M., and Chrissy Haines and Robert Taylor of Mancos. He
is also survived by 21 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; a brother
and his wife, Harvey and Bev Young of Mancos; two sisters, Lucinda "Cinny"
Sullivan of Redvale, Colo., and Nancy Haller and her husband, Howard of
Showlow, Ariz.; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family.
  Mike was preceded in death by his daughter, Martha Young; son-in-law Jim
Franklin, and by Margaret "Babe" (Morris) Young, mother of his children, in
1997.
Memorial contributions can be made in Mike Young's name at the Mancos Valley
Bank. Services will be conducted by the Ertel Funeral Home.
 
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Tom Vaughan, Editor
The Mancos Times-Tribune 
Serving the beautiful Mancos Valley since 1892
P.O. Box 987, Mancos, CO 81328
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