OBIT: Richard YOUNG, Jr., 1916, Wellsville, York County, PA

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YOUNG

Richard Young, Jr., died about eight o’clock Thursday morning, at his Summer 
home at Wellsville, after a few days illness, of meningitis, which started with 
the grip.  Mr. and Mrs. Young came to Wellsville to spend a few days and when 
his condition became critical Drs. H. B. King and W. F. Bacon, of York, were 
called into consultation with Dr. H. B. Hetrick, later two specialists in 
diseases of the brain, Dr. Lindsey and Dr. Brown, of Brooklyn, were called and 
together with Dr. S. H. Ensminger, of York, and Dr. Brcue Guistwhite, of 
Baltimore, did all that medical and surgical skill could to save Mr. Young’s 
life.  His father, Hon. Richard Young, arrieved Tuesday.

There survives his wife, Marjorie Reeves Young, a son and a daughter.

Charles G. Elicker, the Funeral Director, prepared the body for burial and the 
funeral party will leave for New York, Friday morning, where services and 
interment will take place.

As a mark of respect the Wellsville schools were closed at once, not to reopen 
until Monday.  Mr. Young had always been a friend of the schools and contributed 
many books to the library when it was started.  The school building was donated 
to the town by the Hon. And Mrs. Richard Young.

Dillsburg Weekly Bulletin, Friday, February 25, 1916