Keith will be missed. When I think of him I think of his quiet strength, his intelligence, his ready smile, and his kindness to everyone. I knew him for over 30 years and played cards with him many times. He was always fun to have around. His love for Cathy and his family was so evident. What a blessing of a man. May your wonderful memories of him give you peace and comfort. Love, Leona

I had the priviledge of attending school and graduating from GHS with Keith. He was a friend and will be sorely missed at our reunions. There will be an empty spot at our banquet tables. God be with you all.

Our hearts and prayers go out to the entire family. We are deeply sorrowed by his death.

We knew Keith from Baseball and from cleaning several water problems in our home. We know he will be greatly missed.

The Stegen Family

Cathy, We are so sorry to hear of your loss. You and Keith have always held a special place in our hearts. We share in your grief and we will miss Keith greatly. Our heart goes out to you and your family.

Wayne Penttila &

West Richland Family Dental Center

David, Missy, Amanda, & Gary

We are so very sorry to here of you loss!! You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.

I can actually say that Keith was one of the few people that I held in high regard. I loved working with him on the board of the Richland American Little League, he as a coach, myself as president. I loved “butting” heads with him over the boy’s uniforms, equipment or anything I could get a rise out of him with. Because after the arguing I knew we would have a cup of coffee and be friends again. I was shocked and deeply saddened by his passing. I had always hoped that I would get one more time to say Hi.

Cathy, I always admired you and Keith as parents and partners. And I loved Rob & Billy like they were my own as I watched them grow with my Josh & Stehpen. If you would like for me to do anything, please just let me know. I would do anything for you. Or if you feel like talking to a long lost stranger just give me a call.

We love and care for you,

Marilyn and Art Pryor

Well we know that we did basball together which supported our kids and helped others.We went to lots of Hanford High games because Randy and my Adam were on the same team.We got to watch them play at the Kingdome,at

Yakima,Spokane and everywhere in the Midvalley league.Keith was allways fair and a good friend. We allwill miss him so much. RESPECTFULLY with love Randy Shipman

Keith Berry Young our beloved husband, father, Papa, brother, uncle, and friend left us too soon on March 19, 2008 at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland WA.

Keith was born in Seattle WA on October 14, 1942. His parents, who preceded him in death, were Althea and Rhea Young.

Keith was married to his sweetheart Cathy Orgill Young on his birthday October 14, 1966. This year they would have celebrated their forty second anniversary.

Keith’s life was blessed by four wonderful children and their spouses, Melissa Benavides and her husband David, Randy Young, Robert Young and his wife Amy, William Bill Young and his wife Iris. He was further blessed with his nine grandchildren, Amanda Catherine, Gary Keith, Dakota, Robert Keith, Austin, Gage, William, Dallas, and Tyler. Also, his beloved brother Russell Edward Young and his wife Sahar of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and many nieces and nephews.

Keith graduated from Grandview High School in 1960. While at Grandview High he lettered in both football and baseball. This started his life long love for athletics. Following high School, Keith attended Yakima Valley College. He then moved to Seattle where he worked in construction as an Iron Worker and then later at Boeing. He was proud of the fact that while he was working construction in Seattle he had helped build the pontoons that support the floating bridge. Every time the family would go to Seattle Cathy would tell the kids “there’s the bridge your daddy helped build.”

Keith returned to Grandview to work in the family business, Young’s Service Master Inc. a disaster restoration and cleaning business. In 1966 Keith moved to the Tri Cities where he became the President and owner of the business. With his wife Cathy working with him they ran Young’s Service Master winning many awards and honors while building a reputation for high standards and quality. In fact in one year the business was awarded the prestigious “Expert” award. This indicated that the franchise had attained a level of expertise, quality, and customer service that only four franchises are awarded in any year.

Keith retired, turning over running of the business to the third generation of Young’s. Keith loved baseball and coached Little League, Babe Ruth, and Colt League Baseball for over fifteen years. He loved watching his kids and grandkids play sports and was an avid fan.

Keith and Cathy were fortunate enough to travel the world. They were leaving on their next adventure when he was taken, too soon. Words can not express how much he was loved and how much he will be missed.

My first recollection of Keith was when I was a very young teenager. My sister brought home this really cool guy that was so fun and good to all of the eight kids in our family. I thought it was really cool that he was going to marry my beautiful older sister Cathy she was my older sister then but in recent years somehow I became her older brother

.I’m not sure how that works. Anyway, I guess I didn’t realize that marrying her meant she was not going to live with us any more. That upset me a little cause Cathy was always kind of special to me and I thought I wouldn’t get to see her very much anymore

..That wasn’t how it worked out.

It seems like every weekend they would be at our house. In our family there was always a game going on somewhere and Keith and Cathy were at almost every one that my brothers or I were in. Keith loved athletics and was a very loyal and loud follower of all of the families’ teams This loyal and loud sports enthusiast was something he remained throughout his life

. In fact the word is that Robert told him he had to be quieter at his boy’s little league games last summer or they were going to ask them all to leave

Anyway, Keith and Cathy got the first color TV that any of us had ever seen and we all thought they were just the coolest. It seemed like from then on we all wanted to be at their house as much as possible. That turned out to be a reoccurring theme throughout the remainder of his life. Everyone loved to go to visit at Keith and Cathy’s house. It wasn’t just because they were cool

it was because you always felt the honest to goodness love they had for you and they always made you feel comfortable and like they really enjoyed having you with them.

Anyway before long they had this beautiful little girl Melissa. We all loved her so much

she was like a little China doll

a little china doll with an attitude. From then on Keith pretended to remain in charge but everyone new it was that beautiful precocious little girl that ruled the roost.

It wasn’t too long before Keith and Cathy had another baby

.a boy named Randy. From the start you knew that Keith had big plans for Randy. Every sports toy, ball, or game was his immediately. Keith somehow knew that he was going to be an athlete and he was. In fact all of his boys from the time they were little were like they were in a different gear that the other kids. Everything came naturally to them and their dad was so very proud of each of them.

Anyway, After I graduated from high school and decided I wasn’t going to be able to stay in college, I struggled and kind of lost my way. It was a tough time for me and I wasn’t sure what was in store for me in my life. When times were at their darkest for me Keith and Cathy asked if I could please come stay with them and work for Keith’s business

.they needed me really bad. Like every business is looking for a 20 year old lost kid to come save them Well, being the big hearted kid I was I said I would come help them out for a while.

I guess the bottom line is, they took me into their home, gave me my first real job and Keith took me to work every day and taught me what it means to have a job that you can count on and counts on you. I don’t know that I ever got around to telling them that I really got it finally

.they really didn’t need me

.I needed to grow into a man. He

.they helped me more than I can ever repay.

Well, somehow they survived me and I took my life lessons and moved on and started a family of my own. Just when I was married and was ready to have our first baby Keith and Cathy announced they were going to have another one also. I told them that all they were doing was trying to steal my thunder

.They were

..and thank God they did. Just as my son was being born they were also having their second son Robert. What a godsend it turned out to be. From the day they were together Robert and my son Tom were best friends and inseparable. It was nice that they had a beautiful older sister/cousin and a stud older brother/cousin, because everyone knew who they were and no one wanted any part of the Young/Orgill tribe.

Not too awfully long later when my little girl Autumn was going to be born Keith and Cathy did it again. They had one too. Next came Billy. Oh what a bundle of energy. By then Missy had grown into the beautiful girl we all expected

.brilliant and sweet. Randy was making a name for himself on every field, diamond, or gymnasium he stepped onto and Robert was getting old enough to show the potential for being the super athlete he turned out to be. But Billy

he was the epitome of action. All he wanted was his do-dahs balls and to put on his brother Rob’s catchers gear. Your life is really not complete if you don’t have a visual image of the beautiful little boy with catchers gear on

ten sizes to big, with that huge grin peeking through the mask.

And oh by the way

.what a great thing to have

.a little popular stud to look over my beautiful princess. What another wonderful bit of thunder stealing by Keith and Cathy.

I Finally had one more beautiful daughter Charlotte, finally Keith and Cathy didn’t try to steal my thunder. But by then we had reconciled ourselves to the fact The Young/Orgill dynasty was firmly entrenched. It made a daddy very comfortable to know that a long string of tradition and protection was in place for any new babies we brought into the world.

Anyway, they all grew into the special young women and men that you know today. Good, strong family oriented people like their dad and mom. In the end that is the biggest tribute of all. Leaving a legacy that will be a positive influence on the world we live in. Look at the family they have begun. Good strong kids with more good strong kids. What a legacy.

I don’t think I can end this, and I’m sure I should by now without throwing out a few random memories.

First, people should know that Keith coached in the baseball program in West Richland and Richland for many years. Lots of those years we worked together along with Jim Jewett. In those years many young men were worked on and molded by the man who let me believe I was doing him a favor by coming to work for him. This world is a better place for the work he did and the young men he helped will help others and so the cycle keeps on going. So many things, good and bad, influence the young people in our lives every day. Let’s not ever forget to thank the good, solid, caring people that influence our life like Keith has.

Second, on a personal note, Keith had the best sense of humor I ever came across

And I know that because he thought I was hilarious. Everyone said he was like Ed McMan to my Johnny Carson. I will never have a better audience than my brother Keith.

Third, if any of you spent time with Keith you know he loved to barbeque. He and Cathy’s house was THE gathering place for everything. And for almost all of them Keith did the cooking on the barbeque. If you were ever able to be part of one of his barbeques you know how wonderful they were. But for all the wonderful food

.what I really remember is Keith at the barbeque, smoke billowing out around his face and his signature towel tucked into his back pocket. I think that when I remember Keith

.I will either think of him on a baseball diamond or with a towel in his back pocket taking care of the people he loved.

I think it would be wrong of me not to mention that Keith was a good man, an honorable man, a man you knew you could depend on. There are way too few of those in the world

.and now there is one less.

One other thing

.Keith loved Cathy

he loved her like crazy

and she knew it.

To close

..I just want to say I love Keith Young. I owe a lot of what makes me

me

to him. Please keep him in you thoughts and words. Because in the end how all of these Young guns you see here will remember him is by our recollections. I promise I will speak of him often and these children will remember what a special man their papa was.

In conclusion I would like read a poem that I wrote to Keith

.It wasn’t intended for anyone but him but Cathy asked that I read it here.

Dream Team

Strong chest keeps rising

But still you lie

Stay for a while more

Till I’ve said goodbye

Good man, my brother

Good father, good son

Husband and grandpa

Your work here is done

Since I was a young boy

I knew you as friend,

partner and cohort

we’ll be to the end

Your family and mine

Are all one big brood

I’ll watch over them

I’ll stand where you’ve stood

Never as well

And never the same

I’ll do best I know

I’ll see every game

They’ll all member papa

They’ll all know your wish

All will remember

Your time at the dish

Cause hit it or miss it,

In the end matters not.

But playing your socks off

Is the outcome you sought

So all now will honor

The man and his dream

They all come together

For the Young family team

When I first met Keith I thought “WOW”! Cathy had always been very popular so I knew who ever she really fell in love with would be a “WOW”! As I got to know Keith better he was not just a “WOW” to look at but he “WOWED” me with his humor with his strength and with his intelligence. I always said “If I ever got a chance to be on the game, “The Millionaire” Keith would have been my- Phone A Friend.”

Keith and Cathy also blessed my families lives with their four beautiful children. We have all shared so many wonderful fun times together as families.

As Keith left this Earthly life, he once again “WOWED” me with his great strength and courage and with the great love he showed our whole family.

My dear sister will miss her love so much. I promised my Keith, I would always be there for her.I will

I will miss you dear brother. You will always be remembered, never forgotten. You have left us all with wonderful, warm memories to wrap our lives in.

Me,Bobbette your sister, the one who will always love you most!