Marilyn Jean Young

January 4, 1940 - June 17, 2019

Marilyn “Jean” Young, 79, of Kearney, died Monday, June 17, 2019 at her home. Memorial Services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 20, 2019 at Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Services in Kearney. Rev. Rick Carlson will officiate. Burial will be later at the Mission Center Cemetery in Topeka, KS. Memorials are suggested to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, care of the family. Visit www.hlmkfuneral.com to leave a tribute or message of condolence. Arrangements are under the direction of Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney. Marilyn “Jean” (Voss) Young was born on January 4, 1940 in North Platte, NE to Ernest Joseph and Helen Virginia (Isaacson) Voss. She married Paul D. Young on April 25, 1970 in Boulder, CO. She graduated from Brady High School in 1957. She later received her nursing degree from St. Francis hospital in Grand Island, NE in 1960, her B.S. in nursing 1989 and B.A. in history in 1992 from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. She was a member of Phi Kappa Phi scholastic society and of Phi Alpha Theta a history honor society. Marilyn is survived by her brother, Lar (Deb) Voss, of Loveland, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.