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Name: Franklin D. YOUNG
Newspaper: Jacksonville Journal-Courier
Date of Newspaper: January 28, 2003
Submitter: Marcia Cox

Franklin D. Young - 1937-2003 - Beardstown
    Franklin D. Young, 65, of Beardstown, died Monday morning, Jan. 27, 2003, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.
    He was born July 10, 1937, in Astoria, the son of William Wayne and Sarah Elizabeth Greene Young.
    He is survived by five sons, Allen, (wife, Jennifer), Eric (wife, Maryann), Thomas, Timothy, and Chris, all of Beardstown; one daughter, Kathleen (husband, Scott) Smith, of Galesburg; six grandchildren; one brother, Charles (wife, Frances), of Rushville; and one sister, Olive
(husband, Roger) Toland, of Industry. He was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Alberta Faye Wetherford.
    Mr. Young graduated from Rushville High School in the class of 1956, and was a member of the Rushville Southern Baptist Church. He retired after 22 years of service from Bohn Heat and Transfer in Beardstown. He enjoyed carpentry work and reading western novels.
    Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Sager Funeral Home in Beardstown, with burial at Good Hope Cemetery in Schuyler County. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until time of the services Wednesday at the funeral home.