Obituary
Rev Norman C. Young of Wells, Maine died Feb. 7, 2017 surrounded by his family. He was a man deeply loved by his family and friends. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Norman was born in Hudson, New Hampshire on March 25, 1924, the son of George and Estella Porter Young. He lived the first seventeen years of his life in Hudson. The family moved to Kittery, Maine during World War II. He graduated from Portsmouth, N. H. High School in 1943. He attended Gordon College, Bangor Theological Seminary and graduated from Ricker College. He was a graduate of the four year course of study of the Methodist Church and received two years of Advance College credit under the direction of the Methodist Church in Nashville, Tenn. He received his call to enter the ministry at the age of fifteen. He was ordained a Deacon in the Bath Methodist Church on May 13, 1951 and ordained an Elder two years later on May 17, 1953. He became a full member of the Maine Conference in 1961. He served as pastor of the following Churches and Charges: Sangerville, East Eliot, Phillips, Danforth, Monticello, Calais, Hartland, Belfast, Dexter, Fairfield, Dresden/Richmond and Friendship during his forty years of active service as a minister. He served on numerous boards and agencies of the Conference. He served as a counselor for twenty-five years at the Church Camp Mechuwana in Winthrop, Maine.
Norman was a National Grange member and a 32nd degree Mason. He was a member of the Naval Lodge A.F. & A.M. in Kittery, Maine, St. Alderman Commandery in Houlton, Maine and the Scottish rite bodies in the Valley of Rockland and the Valley Portland.
He was predeceased by a brother Colby Young, two sisters, Callie Bancroft and Lucille Sterling. He is survived by his wife of nearly 70 years, Martha Celestia Young, a son David Colby Young and his wife Elizabeth of Danville, Maine, two daughters, Brenda Herling and her husband, Timothy of Durham, Maine and Mary Ann Tardif and her husband Michael of Caribou, Maine. Seven grandchildren: Bethany Fisher of Topsham, Me., Thomas Herling of Bethel, Me., James Herling of Durham, Me., Amy Young of Auburn, Me., Caroline Young Coffin of Auburn, Me., Joshua Tardif of Waterville, Me., and Michelle Tardif of Presque Isle, Me., and thirteen great-grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Friday February 10, 2017 at Bibber Memorial Chapel in Kennebunk, Maine. A Celebration of his Life will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday February 11, 2017 at the United Methodist “Church on the Cape”, Cape Porpoise Kennebunkport, Maine. In lieu of flowers please donate to Camp Mechuwana P.O 277, Winthrop, Maine 04364 or the Preacher’s Aid Society of the New England Conference, 51 Charles Wesley Court, Wells, Maine
February 7, 2017
1924-03-25 to 2017-02-07 Rev. Norman Colby Young
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