Edward Young

alignjustifyFuneral services for Edward Eddie Young of Hobbs, New Mexico, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at Grace Lutheran Church with the Rev. Robert Catherwood Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery.

alignjustifyVisitation is 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday with the family in attendance from 4-7 p.m. at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home.

alignjustifyArrangements are under the direction of Chapel of Hope Funeral Home.

alignjustifyMr. Young, 83, died April 19, 2009, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. He was born September 5, 1925, in Porter, Indiana. He married Rose Young in 1994 in Lovington, New Mexico..

alignjustifyEddie served as sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was in World War II in Germany and served in the Korean Conflict. He served as past commander of the American Legion. Eddie was an avid bowler and was known as the Bread Man. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church.

alignjustifySurvivors include his wife, Rose Young of Hobbs; three sons, Dennis Young and wife Holly of Edmond, Oklahoma, Terry Young and wife Christine of Humble, Texas, and Gary Young and wife Laura of Hobbs; four daughters, Patty Heady and husband Gary of Hobbs, Monika Thompson and husband Douglas of Orange Park, Florida, Mary Orquiz and husband Jr. of Artesia, New Mexico, and Helena Lingafelter and husband Greg of Hobbs; two brothers, Jim Young and wife Shelly of Mt. Vernon, Illinois., and Walter Young of Cottonwood, Arizona; 19 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

alignjustifyEddie was preceded in death by his first wife, Darlene Young in 1983; his parents, Elmer and Virginia Young; a brother, George Young; and a sister-in-law, Skeeter Young.

alignjustifyMemorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.

Visitation

Chapel of Hope
3321 N. Dal Paso
Hobbs, NM  88240
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
11 a.m. 8 p.m., Tuesday

Service

Memorial Service

Grace Lutheran
100 E Berry
Hobbs, NM  88240
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
1:00 p.m., Wednesday

Cemetery

Memory Gardens Cemetery
2909 N. Dal Paso
Hobbs, NM  88240