Barbara J. Young

BARBARA J. YOUNG

Barbara J. Young, age 54, 683 Austin Trail, Benton, died at 2:15 a. m. Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at the home of her daughter Joy in Buckhorn. She was seriously ill since March.

Born on September 7, 1955 in Bucks County, she was a daughter of the late William and Mildred (Gregory) Ellis. She resided at her present address for three years and previously lived on Third Street, Benton for 20 years.

Barbara was employed as a guard at the Pennsylvania Women's Prison in Muncy for seven years prior to becoming disabled and retiring in 1997.

Surviving are a daughter, Joy O., wife of Brian M. Kurtz, Buckhorn; a son, Jessie L. Brown, Millville; three grandchildren: Logan Kurtz, Leland Kurtz and Haley Brown; a sister, Linda Johnson, Rochester, N.Y.; and a brother, Walter Ellis.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Ivy Violet Young on June 24, 2003.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 2 p. m. in the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Benton, with Rev. Calvin L. Miller, pastor of the Benton United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in New Rosemont Cemetery, Espy. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday from 1-2 p. m.