May 24, 2017

Dateline/Pretty Prairie

Daryl E. Young, 84, died May 23, 2017, in rural Pretty Prairie.

He was born July 19, 1932, on the family farm to Merle W. and Hilah Field Young.  A lifetime resident of the Pretty Prairie community, he was a farmer and a stockman.
Daryl was a member of the United Methodist Church, a Scout Master for the Boy Scouts, operated the Pretty Prairie Skating Rink, lifelong member  of the Pretty Prairie Booster Club, Past President of the Lions Club having  also served as District Governor, Past President of the Reno County Sheep Association, and Past President of the Lone Star Cemetery Association.

On December 28, 1950, he married Nancy J. Bessler.  Other survivors include a son Robert and his companion Mindy; daughters  and their husbands Dianna Susan, Dr. Patsy and Max Jones, and Cindy and Dr. Kent Correll;  brother Roy Young; sister Phyllis Stucky; grandchildren Tara Tatro, Seth Jones, Natalie Mallare, Ashley Collichio, Nathan Jones, Andrea James, Katherine Correll; and Jonathan Correll; great-grandchildren, Ava and Wesley, Isaiah and Abigail, Micha, Melody and Morgan, Weston, Addi and Lexi, and Kaylea.  He was preceded in death by his parents, infant brother Forest and foster daughter Denise Cole Kelly.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, at the Pretty Prairie United Methodist Church.  Friends may call from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday with the family president from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman.  Burial will be in the Lone Star Cemetery.

Memorials may be made with the Pretty Prairie United Methodist Church, the Pretty Prairie Library or the Kingman Library, all in care of the funeral home.