| Graduation Year | (unknown) |
| Date of Passing | Jun 14, 2018 |
| About | Bad News-Edwin T. Young Sr. Long-term Susanville resident Edwin T. Young Sr. passed from his life peacefully with his family by his side, Thursday, June 14, 2018, in Reno Nevada. Edwin was born in Fashion, Georgia to Roy and Callie Young on Sept. 29, 1925. Edwin served his country honorably as a member of the U.S. Navy in WW II as part of the Invasion of Sicily in 1943 and the Normandy Invasion in 1944. Edwin married Drusilla Strickland in Georgia on Aug. 11, 1943, and settled in Milford, California in 1947. After the death of his first wife, Edwin moved his family to Susanville, in 1962, and married Mary Lou Marsters on Feb. 2, 1963. Edwin raised seven children, four boys and three girls. Edwin was employed with Sierra Army Deport in Herlong, California until his retirement in 1974. He was an avid outdoors man and loved fishing, hunting, and camping. Edwin spent much of his retirement at Eagle Lake. He was preceded in death by two children, Edwin T. Young Jr. and Phyllis Lowery. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Mary Lou Young, of Susanville; his brother, Weldon, of Herlong; sons, Terry, of Fouke, Arizona, Roger, of Red Springs, North Carolina, and Kendal, of Placerville, California; daughters, Patty Anderson, of Yuma, Arizona, and Cary Cole, of Baytown, Texas; 12 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Charles Henry Ray, Jr. |
