Jim R. Young, age 76 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Monday, May 21,2012 at Specialty Hospital of Mid America, Overland Park, Kansas. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Friday, May 25, 2012 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri. Burial will be immediately following at Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. Family will receive friends from 7:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. Thursday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the American Lung Association or Macular Degeneration Foundation and may be lelt at the funeral home. Fond memories may be posted at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Jim was born November 21, 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri the son of Clyde and Iva Ruth (Cropper) Young. He was a commercial electrician with Local No. 11, I. B. E. W. in Los Angeles, Calfornia. Jim was a member of the Local for over 50 years. He attended the Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Vandon Young, Clyde Young, Jr and William Young; his nephew Gary Young and his previous wife, Linda Young.

He is survived by his wife, Karen of the home; son, James Robert Young, Jr. of Portland, Oregon; two daughters, Penny Lee O'Fallen and husband, John, Kelli Lynn Williams and husband, Timothy, all of St. Louis, Missouri; step daughter, Robin Valente and adopted son, Richard Young, both of Massachusetts, sixteen grandchildren: Jennifer Marie Cornell, Melissa Marie-Kelli Maddock, Megan Elizabeth Young, Michael James Matthews, James Edward Young, Michael James Williams, Jeffrey Michael Matthews, Jordan Travis Cox, Jennifer Rose Williams, Krystal Nicole Christensen, Heather Lynn Williams, Brandon Young, Amanda Young, Christopher Young, Erin Leigh Adams, and Devon
Elizabeth O'Fallon and twelve great-grandchildren; D.J. Cornell, Ashlee Cornell, Kevin Cornell, Abigail Cornell, Olivia Young, Nicholas Young, Griffin Bohrer, Henry Maddock, John Maddock , Mackenzie Matthews, Tyler Pinnell and Bryce Cox, a brother, Tom Young and wife, Lea of Lenexa, Kansas; sister-in-law, June Young of St. Louis, Missouri, brother-in-law, Myron Magwitz and wife, Billie of Shenandoah, Iowa and many nieces and nephews.

Jim was born in St. Louis, Missouri; attended Herculaneum High School and at the age of 17 he ran away and joined the circus. In 1956 he went to California to visit a friend, where he always said he stayed for the next 35 years. Jim completed his apprenticeship and in 1961 became an electrician. In 1991 he retired to a farm in Calhoun, Missouri where he spent the next several years creating wonderful memories with his grandchilodren. In 1996, he married Karen Magwitz Jennings, formerly of Warsaw, Missouri. Due to his deteriorating eyesight, they moved to Clinton in 1999 where he continued to invest in local real estate. Jim was a beloved husband, dad, grandpa, and great-grandpa. He enjoyed wood-working, fishing, boating, traveling and spending time with friends and family. Jim was known for having a great sense of humor and for being quite the jokester. He will be dearly missed by many.

Arrangments have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton.