Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Young, Wayne E. August 24, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Aug. 26, 2009
Wayne E. Young, 87, lifetime Lexington farmer, died Monday, Aug. 24, 2009, at
his home near Lexington. 

A memorial service will be held Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at the
First Presbyterian Church in Lexington, with the Rev. Caroline Vickery
officiating.   

Private burial will be held prior to the memorial service in Greenwood Cemetery
with Military Honors.  
 
Visitation will be held Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009 from 3-7 p.m. with the family
receiving friends from 5-7 p.m. at the Reynolds-Love Chapel in Lexington. 
 
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Helen M. Young of Lexington; one
daughter, Roslyn K. (Gary) Cole of Nashville, Tenn.; two sons, David E. Young of
Chicago, Ill., Kent A. (Cathy) Young of Overton; son-in-law,  James L. Aitken of
Lincoln; grandchildren, Mark (Toni) Cole, Greg Cole, Lara (Eric) Brown, Jill
(Jim) Drake, Becky (Jon) Morlang, Tim Farrell; great-grandchildren, Troy Cole,
Alex Brown, Chase, Nathan and Riley Morlang.  
 
Wayne was preceded in death, in addition to his children, by his parents; one
brother and sister-in-law, Muarise and Bernie Young; two sisters and
brothers-in-law; Melrose and Clayton Ransdell and Vera and Merle McKee.

He was born Sept. 20, 1921, at Lexington, the youngest of four children, to
Arthur E. and Frances M. (Anderson) Young. 
  
Wayne was a 1940 graduate of Lexington High School and entered the United States
Navy during WWII on Aug. 6, 1942, until being honorably discharged on Aug. 26,
1943, as an Aviation Cadet, V-5.
   
He married Helen Wickwire on June 24, 1945 at Lexington.  They were the parents
of five children; Roslyn, Phyllis, Timothy, David and Kent. Phyllis and Timothy
preceded Wayne in death.   

Wayne was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where he served as Deacon,
Trustee and on the Memorial Committee.  He was a member of the American Legion,
past President of the Dawson County Fair Board, the Cosmo Club, Dawson County
Historical Society Board of Directors, and was active in 4-H for many, many
years.  Wayne was also a founding member of the Lexington Plum Creekers.  He was
a director of the National Sugar Beet Association and president of the Central
Nebraska Sugar Beet Growers Association for over 25 years.   
 


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