In Memoriam: Joseph Young

Joseph Young. Photo by Karen Flecky

Joseph Young, born in Chicago on Aug. 3, 1933, to Elizabeth and Joseph Young, entered eternal rest on Feb. 27, 2019.

Joe, a former Canyon Lake resident, graduated from Kelly High School in 1951 where he met his future wife Shirley Thelen.

Joe enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1953 and was a proud veteran. Joe and Shirley married in 1954 and started their family while Joe was in the Marine Corps. Joe then went on to graduate from the University of Arizona where he played football and made many lifelong friends.

After college, Joe was recruited by the Denver Broncos in their inaugural year of 1960 and was nicknamed Mighty Joe Young. Joe lived a fun-filled sportsman’s life including having a ranch with horses. He also enjoyed fishing, golfing (two holes-in-one), boating and was a long-term member of the Wild Game Feed charitable organization where he also developed cherished friendships.

Joe is survived by his loving family – wife Shirley; children Karen Flecky, Julie White, and Amy Schallert (Joe); 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister Ellen Pocius; brother William Young and many nieces and nephews.

Joe lost his father when he was only 17, then his only son and best friend Joseph Young in 2011, his sister Anastasia and his 104-year-old mom Elizabeth last year.

Services to honor a much-beloved man will be held on Saturday, Mar. 16, 2019, at 10 a.m. at Evans Brown Mortuary located at 27010 Encanto Dr., Menifee, CA. Reception luncheon to follow at Summerly Golf Course located at 29381 Village Parkway, Lake Elsinore, CA. Interment will be on Monday, Mar. 18, 2019, at 12 p.m. at Riverside National Cemetery.

The Title

It cannot be inherited

nor can it ever be purchased.

You or no one alive

can buy it for any price.

It is impossible to rent

 and it cannot be lent.

You alone and our own

have earned it with

your sweat, blood and lives.

You own it forever.

“United States Marines”

Semper Fi