Obituary: Willis Howard Young

Willis Howard “Boy” Young, a Durango native, passed away on May 22, 2009, at Family Health West, in Fruita, Colo., from complications of dementia. Mr. Young was born in Hesperus on March 20, 1924, to Willis Henry Young and Lassie May (Kimsey) Young. He was one of 10 children who grew up in Hay Gulch and attended school at Rockvale and Durango High School.
Mr. Young enlisted in the United States Army during World War…