Funeral service for Lona F. Young will be at 2:00 pm Monday, July 17, 2017 in the Liberty Heights Christian Church with her son-in-law Chuck Pettigrew, Pastor officiating.

Burial will be at 11:00 am Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Lona Faye Young, 95, Lawton passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Lawton.  She was born February 28, 1922 in Haskell, Texas to William Franklin and Ethel Lorena (Prindle) Klepper.  She grew up in Canute, OK where her father was City Marshall.  She also lived in Anton and Lubbock, TX, Oklahoma City and Fort Smith, Arkansas.  She began keeping a diary in 1937 at the age of 14 and kept it for over 80 years.  She married Grandville Lloyd Young on September 9, 1939 in Farwell, TX.  He passed away April 8, 1980. Lona enjoyed playing songs that she wrote on the guitar, playing the piano and a good game of dominoes with her daughter every Thursday.  She loved TV shows like Wheel of Fortune, Andy Griffith, Gene Autry Westerns, The Walton's, Little House on the Prairie and Lassie among others.  She also enjoyed writing and receiving letters, working crossword puzzles, researching her family genealogy and reminiscing about her childhood activities like singing with her sister Frances, playing baseball and roller skating.  She always wanted a Model A and had the opportunity to ride in one just a few weeks ago.

Survivors include her daughter Carolyn Pettigrew and husband Chuck of Lawton, sons Ron Young of Edmond, OK and Dale Young of Oklahoma City, granddaughter Cara Pettigrew of Oklahoma City, grandsons Joshua and his wife Masumi of Japan and Jeromie Young, great grandsons Dylan, Shintaro and Kosei, a niece Loretta Clissold of Athens, GA, great niece Terry Dent and her husband Doug of Athens, GA, cousins Ozell Dugan of Canyon, TX and Florene Klepper of Oklahoma City.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister Mary Frances Klepper and her sister who lived to be age 100, Minnie Lee Farr.

Memorial contributions may be made to Liberty Heights Christian Church, 1802 NW Elm, Lawton, OK 73507.