Donald Burton Young

Donald Young, 89, of Urbandale, Iowa, passed peacefully at Taylor Hospice House in Des Moines on Wednesday, October 25, 2025.

Don was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 4, 1936 to George and Elizabeth Young. The family moved to Rock Island, Illinois a short time after his birth. Don graduated from Rock Island High School in 1954. He attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio and continued his undergraduate studies at Augustana College in Rock Island, finally graduating from the University of Iowa in 1958.

He married Sharon Kingan on June 21, 1958. He entered law school at the University of Illinois in the fall of 1958, graduating with his Juris Doctor degree in June, 1961. He began his law career in private practice in Morrison, Illinois. He then worked from the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Real Estate Division, negotiating Relocation agreements for the Red Rock Reservoir project. Don then began his career in trusts, working for the Moline National Bank in Moline, Illinois as an Assistant Trust Officer. He later headed the Trust Department at the Rock Island Bank and became vice president and trust officer at Union Bank & Trust in Ottumwa, Iowa. The family then moved to Bettendorf where he was Vice President and Trust Officer at Bettendorf Bank and Trust Co, a Norwest Bank. He then moved to Fort Dodge and served as V.P. and Trust Officer reporting directly to the late Dick Carey at the Trust Division of Norwest Bank, Des Moines. He then became head of the Trust Department at the Wells Fargo Bank in Sioux City. He returned to the Des Moines Trust Department where he worked until he retired.

Don was a man of faith, active in all the communities where he lived, and served on many boards. He was actively a part of churches everywhere he lived and was a member of First Baptist Church in Johnston at the time of his passing where he has been a member for 39 years.

Don will be sorely missed by his wife of 67 years, Sharon; daughter, Susan Young Fenger (Russ) of Beaverton, Oregon; son, Andrew Young of St. Charles, Missouri; grandchildren, Chris Fenger of Beaverton, Emily Fenger Capps (Evan) of San Diego, California, and Jacob Fenger, Bend, Oregon. He is also survived by his sister, Edna Jean Bentley, Birmingham, Alabama; and nephews, Lee and George Bentley; and a niece, Beth Druhn.

Services will be held on Friday, October 3, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 8250 NW 62nd Ave. in Johnston, Iowa with visitation prior from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Memorials may be directed to First Baptist Church and condolences expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.

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