Funeral Services For Lt. R. J. Young Set in Roseburg

Funeral services for Lieutenant Richard Jay Young, above, killed Sunday in the crash of his airplane near El Cajon, California, will be held Saturday at 2:30 p. m. at the First Presbyterian church In Roseburg. The body will arrive in Eugene early Friday morning, accompanied by a military escort, and will be brought to Roseburg by the Roseburg Undertaking company.

The service will be conducted by Dr. Morris H. Roach and will, be concluded in the Masonic cemetery.

Lieutenant Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Young, Roseburg, was born Oct. 16, 1922, in Santa Barbara, Calif. He attended school at Claremont, California and Roseburg, being graduated from Roseburg high school with the class of 1940, later attending Chaffey Junior college at Ontario, California. He enlisted in the Marine corps in 1942.

He was married in August, 1943, to Miss Patricia Quine, daughter of Mrs. E. S. Woodford, Salem. Surviving are his wife; his parents, and two brothers, Bert and James Young, Roseburg.

Mrs. Young is en route to Roseburg accompanied by Mrs. J. D. Johnson, sister-in-law of Mrs. J. E. Young, and Mrs. Robert Moore, wife of Lieutenant More, a close friend of Lieutenant Young and commanding officer of the military escort. Mrs. Young and her friends are expected to arrive this afternoon, coming from Claremont, California.

The New-Review, Roseburn, OR, 27Apr1944

Obituary for Lt.lt J. Young - The New-Review, Roseburn, OR, 27Apr1944

Richard Jay Young (1922)