NORTH MANCHESTER – Dennis D. Young, 67, North Manchester, died at 5:54 a.m. Thursday, May 9, 2019, in his residence.
He was born Jan. 23, 1952, in Warsaw, to Donald S. and Deloris J. Whittenberger Young. He married Debra “Debbie” Reed on Sept. 4, 1970. She survives.
Dennis retired from DePuy Inc., Warsaw, after 45½ years. While at DePuy he started in shipping and worked his way to business unit manager and also served as union president.
Dennis graduated from Manchester High School in 1970. He loved supporting and coaching his children in basketball, baseball and softball.
He was a member of Congregational Christian Church, North Manchester.
He was a man that enjoyed retirement, fishing, yard work, mushroom hunting, gardening, auctions and traveling to Florida during the winter over the last four years. He also enjoyed watching the Dodgers, IU and Chicago Bears, and supporting the North Manchester Historical Society.
Dennis was truly a man that never met a stranger.
Survivors include a son, Gary (Alexis) Young, North Manchester; three daughters: Amy (Dave) Mort, Sidney; Kristy (Jeff) Hooker, Tippecanoe; and Wendy Isbell, North Manchester; two brothers, Allen Young, Akron, and Randy (Kristi) Young, North Manchester; two sisters, Marcia Kline, Disko, and Martha (Gene) Shepherd, Warsaw; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded by his parents; one brother, Larry Young; one sister, Karen Chandler; and one granddaughter, Amber Love, who passed away in 2000.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, in McKee Mortuary, 1401 Ind. 114W, North Manchester. Pastor J.P. Freeman will officiate, and burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester.
Calling is from 4 to 8 p.m. today, May 13, at the mortuary.
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Memorials to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105; or Riley Hospital for Children, 30 S. Meridian St., Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46202.
