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Show Mother of local resident dies Funeral services were held in Spanish Fork for Mary Elizabeth Eliz-abeth Merritt Young, 83, of Spanish Fork and mother of Gene Young of this city. Mrs. Young died April 16, 1969, of causes incident to age in the Payson hospital. She was born March 25, 1886 in Joseph, Sevier County, to Martin and Celia Hadden Merritt. Mer-ritt. She married James Darius Young on March 28, 1901, in Richfield. The marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple. She was active in the LDS church and Daughters of Utih Pioneers, Senior Citizens and Black Hawn organization. She is survived by four sons and five daughters, 50 grandchildren; grandchild-ren; 80 great grandchildren, seven great great grandchildren, grandchil-dren, the three sisters and one brother. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery. |