Donald Edmond Young

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  • Name: Donald Edmond Young
  • Location of Birth: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
  • Date of Birth: February 28, 1935
  • Date of Death: February 7, 2005 (69 years old)
  • Parents: Floyd Young and Isabel (Stram) Young
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  • Highest Rank: SP 4 (Specialist 4)
  • Branch: Army
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    Donald served in the United States Army from 1958 to 1960.

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  • Civilian Life:
    Donald attended Grand Rapids, Minnesota schools. He married LuAnn Galbraith in 1956. He worked at Swanson Motors for 16 years, United States Steel for 12 years, and for Sutherland Excavating until retiring in 1996. He loved his kids and grandkids, fishing and hunting (especially ducks), and woodworking.

    He was preceded in death by his parents. Surviving family includes his wife, LuAnn; two children, Peggy Young and Mark Young; two grandchildren; one brother, Dennis (Carol); and one sister, Janet (Denzel) Jeffries.

    Buried in Harris Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot 3.35.1.2)

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