Nello Ollie Young, 92

Nello Ollie Young, 92, passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2007, at the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls. He was born on Nov. 18, 1914, to William and Catharine Young in Winnsboro, Texas, and was the youngest of their six sons.

Nello graduated from a small one-room school in the rural community of Delwin near Paducah, Texas.

After high school, he worked on the family farm before joining North American Aviation to build B-25 Mitchell bombers. In 1942, he joined the Army Air Corps and was stationed at Muroc, Calif. During a furlough home to Winnsboro in 1945 he met the love of his life, Dessie Lee Wall, and they married a short time later.

After the war, Nello and Dessie Lee lived in California for several years as he worked in construction and transport and earned a real estate degree. After returning to Texas, Nello also earned a degree in watch-making from Kilgore Junior College, and he worked as a jeweler in Longview, Texas, while he also got his real-estate career established.

Nello retired from real estate in the mid-1970s and a few years later he and Dessie Lee moved from Sherman, Texas, to Lake Granbury, Texas. They made a final move to Kalispell together in 1996.

Nello had been a resident at the Montana State Veterans Home in Kalispell since 2005.

Nello was preceded in death by his parents, William and Catharine; and his five brothers, Roy, Gus, Joe, Fred and Jimmy K.

Nello is survived by his wife of 61 years, Dessie Lee (Wall) Young of Kalispell; a daughter, Peggy Lee (Young) Garrett, and husband, Mike, of Palmer, Texas; a son, Ray A. Young, and wife, Karen, of Kalispell; and two grandchildren, Andy Garrett and Nikki Young.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Cypress Cemetery near Winnsboro, Texas. A family reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Beatty Funeral Home in Winnsboro.

Johnson Mortuary & Crematory is caring for Nello's family. You are invited to go to johnsonmortuary.com to offer condolences and sign Nello's guest book.