Helen Young

Kearney, NE- Helen C. Young age 95 of Kearney formerly of Ansley died August 9, 2024, at the Mother Hull Care Home in Kearney.

Services will be held on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 10:30 AM at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow with Pastor Mel Shepherd officiating. Burial will follow at the Ansley Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Monday evening August 19th from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at Govier Brothers Mortuary. Govier Brothers Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Online words of remembrance may be left at www.govierbrothers.com 

Helen Carolyn (Cherry) Young was born January 4, 1929, in Pleasanton, NE to Frank and Anna (Supanchick) Cherry. Helen grew up in the Central Nebraska area. Helen was at a dance where she met her future husband, Walter Young. The couple was married on February 15, 1947, in Broken Bow. They were engaged in farming and later owned and operated a grain elevator, Central Feed and Grain, in Ansley and Mason City. Through their business, they received several national honors.

The couple bought their dream home west of Ansley. Helen and Walter enjoyed going to their cabin at Sherman Lake, where she enjoyed fishing. Helen also enjoyed collecting Antique furniture and dishes, canning, sewing, and raising chickens. Helen continued to live west of Ansley but did sell the cabin after Walter’s death in 1993, Helen was a member of the Christian Church in Ansley, where she was a youth group leader and Sunday School teacher.

In 2019, Helen sold her home and moved to Assisted Living in Kearney, then later to Mother Hull where she enjoyed playing Bingo where she liked to win.

Helen is survived by daughters Sandy Rash of Kearney, and Sheri (Craig) Meyer of Arizona, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, sister-in-law Norma Cherry of Kearney, and brother-in-law Royce Smith of Oregon.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents Frank and Anna, husband Walter, three sisters Deloris Smith, Ethel McAlevy, and Clarena Overholser, and two brothers Everett Cherry and Vern Cherry.