Young, Don L.

Don L. Young (1919- ) was a resident of Springvile, World War II veteran, and worked for U.S. Steel as a millwright.

Don L. Young was born in Payson, Utah on September 11, 1919. He lived in Payson until he was 17. Then he moved around bit and finally settled in Salt Lake City until he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1944 during World War II. He came back from the army in early 1946 and settled in Springville, Utah and he has lived there ever since. He built his home during the late 1940s. He was married sometime during the early 1940s and had a son in 1942 before he went to war. His first wife passed away around the time of the birth of their second child in 1953. He remarried three years later in 1956 to Louise Kinsey. They had two children together. He worked for U.S. Steel as a millwright until he retired in 1982. Since then he has developed various hobbies and done many projects, especially in the area of welding. He became very good at creating things with metal. He also did a lot of work on the American Legion pavilion at Kelly's Grove up Hobble Creek Canyon.

From the guide to the Don L. Young oral history, 2007, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)