Frank Wilson Young, son of Frank Blackmore and Mary Wilson Young, was born August 2, 1925, at Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Waukee High School and later attended Grinnell College and Iowa State University where he received his B.S. and D.V.M. in 1951. He served with the U.S. Army Air Corps and attended navigator school.

            On November 3, 1951, he was united in marriage with Kathleen Oakes at Ingomar, Pennsylvania. Dr. Young practiced veterinary medicine with his father in Waukee for a brief time before moving to Sumner in 1958. In 1963, he began his practice in Waucoma and remained there until moving back to Sumner in 1999.

            Although in declining health for a few years, Dr. Young’s death occurred unexpectedly at the Hillcrest Home in Sumner on Wednesday, April 7, 2010. He was 85 years old and a member of the United Methodist Church in Sumner. He was also a member of the Sumner Rotary Club, Thomas E. Woods Post #223, American Legion of Sumner, and had served on the Board of Adjustment. During his time in Waucoma he had served on the City Council and served as Mayor for 25 years. He was a longtime member of the Iowa and American Veterinary Medical Associations.

            In addition to his wife, Kathleen of Sumner, he is survived by four sons, John (Kathleen) Young of Versailles, Kentucky, Bruce (Barbara) Young of Westminster, California, Wilson (Anita) Young of Channahon, Illinois, and Martin (Angela) Young of Hutchinson, Minnesota; eight grandchildren, Christopher, Ian, Katherine, Benjamin, Ariel, Luke, Barb, and Emily Young; and one sister, Elizabeth Ashton of Naples, Idaho;

            He was preceded in death by his parents.

            Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 10, 2010, at the United Methodist Church in Sumner with Hugh Mackintosh L.C.M. officiating. Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, April 9, 2010, at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Sumner and for one hour preceding services at the church on Saturday. Interment will be at Union Mound Cemetery in Sumner with military rites conducted by Thomas E. Woods Post #223, American Legion of Sumner, Iowa.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the United Methodist Church in Sumner.