John “Cal” Calvin Young, 84, husband of Phyllis J. (Miller) Young, of Pennsburg, PA, died Thursday at Valley Manor Nursing Home, Coopersburg, PA. He and his wife celebrated 57 years of marriage on May 23rd.
Born in Pennsburg,, PA he was a son of the late Osbourne and Rebecca (Frye) Young.
He was a sheet metal operator for Mack Trucks, Allentown, PA for 17 years, retiring in 1986 and previously worked for O.F. Young and Son’s Coal and Fuel Oil for many years and for several years at Reading Railroad.
He was a veteran of U.S. Navy serving in World War II.
He was a lifelong member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and was a member of Pennsburg Fire Co, Pennsburg, PA.
Surviving along with his wife are a daughter, Charlotte A. Moser and husband, Paul of Zionsville, PA; a brother, Donald Young and wife, Elaine of Quakertown, PA; four sisters, Mildred Culhane of Pennsburg, PA Harriet Bowman of East Greenville, PA Bernice Craggs and husband Nick of Churchville, PA and Anna Franzone and husband, Joseph of Norristown, PA and three grandchildren, Joshua, Andrew and Nathan Moser.
Along with his parents, he is predeceased by siblings, Norman Young, Ruth Klebe, Jane Estenes, Mary Krause and Dorothy Shupe Bytheway.
A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at Mann-Slonaker Funeral Home, 222 Washington St. East Greenville, PA with Rev. Charles E Romanowski officiating. Interment will follow in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pennsburg, PA. Family and friends may call from 10 to 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home. Please visit www.mannslonakerfuneralhome.com to share memories and online condolences.
Contributions may be made in his memory to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 81 N. Main St. Pennsburg, PA 18073.
Born in Pennsburg,, PA he was a son of the late Osbourne and Rebecca (Frye) Young.
He was a sheet metal operator for Mack Trucks, Allentown, PA for 17 years, retiring in 1986 and previously worked for O.F. Young and Son’s Coal and Fuel Oil for many years and for several years at Reading Railroad.
He was a veteran of U.S. Navy serving in World War II.
He was a lifelong member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and was a member of Pennsburg Fire Co, Pennsburg, PA.
Surviving along with his wife are a daughter, Charlotte A. Moser and husband, Paul of Zionsville, PA; a brother, Donald Young and wife, Elaine of Quakertown, PA; four sisters, Mildred Culhane of Pennsburg, PA Harriet Bowman of East Greenville, PA Bernice Craggs and husband Nick of Churchville, PA and Anna Franzone and husband, Joseph of Norristown, PA and three grandchildren, Joshua, Andrew and Nathan Moser.
Along with his parents, he is predeceased by siblings, Norman Young, Ruth Klebe, Jane Estenes, Mary Krause and Dorothy Shupe Bytheway.
A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at Mann-Slonaker Funeral Home, 222 Washington St. East Greenville, PA with Rev. Charles E Romanowski officiating. Interment will follow in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pennsburg, PA. Family and friends may call from 10 to 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home. Please visit www.mannslonakerfuneralhome.com to share memories and online condolences.
Contributions may be made in his memory to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 81 N. Main St. Pennsburg, PA 18073.
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