David Leonard Young

Lifetime Alaska resident David Leonard Young, 37, died in Anchorage, on March 5, 2010, of congestive heart failure.

The family is planning private family services.

David will be put to rest later this summer with his mother and brother.

He was born in Ketchikan to Douglas and Doreen Young on Oct. 25, 1972. He attended school in Wasilla, Palmer and Juneau, and received his GED. David’s hobbies included playing chess, listening to his music and spending time with his family. David also wanted to learn his Haida language.

“David was a challenge and joy to those who knew him. He always tried to look at life in a simple way. He had many mental and physical boundaries, but always kept walking forward. His smile came from his heart,” wrote the family.

David was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Daniel Young, and sister, Deborah Davis.

David is survived by aunts and spouses Loree and David Gittlein, and Francis and George Langworthy; cousins, Sherri Sandridge, Sonny James, Daniel Kelly and wife Ashley; nieces, Debriana and Doreen; nephews, Derick Jr. and Devontay; and many other extended family members.

The family asks that donations be made to the charity of your choice in David’s name.

Arrangements were made through Valley Funeral Home and Crematory.