Date of Birth: Marietta, Ohio 5/16/1947 Date of Death: Marysville, Ohio 8/20/2022
Long-time Rotarian Jack Young, since 1995, who received the highest award that can be given in Rotary, the “Service above Self” award and the prestigious Scouting Silver Wheel Award for his leadership as the Chair for the Inter-American Region for the Fellowship of Scouting, was recently honored with the silver level of the President’s Volunteer Service Award for his work with ShelterBox USA.
The national award was created in 2003 to recognize those who contribute a significant amount of time to volunteer activities. Young was nominated by those at ShelterBox, who have worked to provide shelter and supplies to more than 210,000 people in 17 countries affected by natural disaster. Aid comes in the form of family-sized tents and essential tools to repair and rebuild homes, as well as items to use in a shelter, such as cooking sets, solar lights, blankets, and water.
Young said giving back is in his blood, with his family showing him the importance of service as his father was a firefighter and his mother was a secretary of the First Congregational Church in Marietta, Ohio.
He was also on the board of American Nicaragua International Hope and Relief Foundation and has been to Chinnendega, Nicaragua, 11 times and seen children living out of a garbage dump. We don’t know what poverty is in the U.S. We go there and deliver shoe boxes, which are the only Christmas presents these kids get. The program was founded by a Rotarian to see if we could help kids get an education. We get a shoebox and fill it with a toy and school supplies. I’ve been on that board since 2007.
Education: Marietta High School Class of 1965; attended Marietta College; Bachelors Degree in business from Bliss College; Double Masters Degree in Labor Relations and Health Care Administration from Central Michigan University.
Parents: The late Charles Young, a Captain in the Marietta Fire Department and Vera Haug Young, a 28-year secretary of the First Congregational Church in Marietta.
Children: Melissa, Emily, Michael & 7 Grandchildren.
Occupation: SACS Consulting & Investigative Services, Manager of Human Resources, SPHR; founder of Villa at the Lake, Senior Living in Conneaut, Ohio.
Burial with military honors will be held in Oak Grove Cemetery in Marietta, Ohio, on September 10th at noon.
Ingram Funeral Home of Marysville, is honored to serve Jack’s family and your condolences may be expressed to them by visiting www.IngramFuneralService.com. Jack’s family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to the nurses and staff at Heritage Senior Living of Marysville, as well as ViaQuest and Jill Johnson for their care and compassion.
The family asks that donations be made to either of these organizations
ShelterBox USA
www.ShelterBoxUSA.org
Call 941-907-6036
Please reference in memory of Jack Young, Rotary District 6630
or
ViaQuest Hospice
171 Morey Dr. Suite B
Marysville, OH 43040
Please reference in memory of Jack Young
Click here for John (Jack) A. Young Obituary
“Mutual respect is the key to understanding ” stated Jack Young, a Past Rotary District Governor and Human Resource Director with over 35 years of career experience.
In closing, as Rotarians, we seek to live by The Four-Way Test of the Things We Think, Say, or Do. This is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for all Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships at all stages of life, and which has been translated into more than 100 languages. I encourage you to practice this moral code used by Rotarians world-wide:
It is the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Is it BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
