Henry Elmer Young, Sr. Obituary (1927

Henry Elmer Young, Sr of White Swan, Washington passed away in the early hours on March 1, 2022. Henry was born August 4th, 1927 at Wapato, Washington to Willis Eaton Young and Olive Emily Gerhardt. At the age of 10, after the passing of his parents, Henry then lived with his Uncle and Aunt, Wilbur and Isabell Tregloan, and was then raised on a farm in the Harrah/Wapato area. At the age of 16 Henry went into the Navy for two years and was honorably discharged after which he returned and graduated from White Swan High School as Valedictorian in 1947. Henry attended Oregon State University for two years. Soon thereafter he met the love of his life Feris I Craig, and they were married February 4th 1948 and just celebrated their 74th wedding anniversary. Henry and Feris had four children. Henry had a strong faith in God and he and Feris attended the Harrah Assembly of God church for many years. Henry, Feris and their children ran a dairy farm in Harrah, Washington for ten years, before moving to the outskirts of White Swan and then raising registered Angus Cattle. This was Henrys true passion and he enjoyed taming his heifers and spending time with his herd. Henry, Sr and Henry, Jr were well known and respected in the Registered Angus community where they travelled to many sales and shows together. Later in life Henry spent eight years working for Mt. Adams School District as a school bus driver. In addition to taming his "pet" cattle, Henry was an avid gardener and reader. He especially took pride in arm wrestling first with his children and then with his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Henry and Feris had four children, Susan (Young) Knight, Benji Young, Henry E. Young, Jr (Geralyn), and Craig Young (Melody). Henry was also blessed with Nine grandchildren, Jennifer (Jeff) Davis, Ashley (Anthony) Young, Nicole Young (deceased 1985), Alyssa Young, Joseph Knight, Victoria (Richard) Rodrigues, Kalika (Roman) Sifuentes, Lavonne Knight, and Sam Knight. He also had seven great-grandsons, Akia Young, Jagger Henry Young, Tayven Young, Casper Young, Finley Rodrigues, Winslow Rodrigues, and England Rodrigues. At Henrys request there will be no service.