Ricky James Young died Sunday in Paden. He was 27.

He was born July 13, 1971, in Great Falls, Montana to Richard L. and Lynda L. Goss Young.

He lived in the Prague area all of his life and was a masonry laborer.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, maternal grandfather, one uncle and two aunts.

Surviving are his parents, Richard and Lynda Young of Prague; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Justin Lee Young of Prague; and Chadrick and Jessica Young of Calisville, Montana; one nephew, Chance Young; his maternal grandmother, Jane Goss; paternal grandmother, Gertta Young; aunts and uncles, Robert and Charlotte Capp, Marie Goss, Penny Faldzinsky, Betty and Dale Kapphan, Carl and Darla Goss, Wade and Linda Goss, Leo and Jackie Goss, Dennis and Kathy Young, Dwayne Young, Herman and Alice Dolphan, Alma Jones and Katherine Young; as well as numerous friends and other loved ones.

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Nazarene Church in Prague with the Rev. Kenneth Jones officiating.

Services are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home in Prague.

Published April 6, 1999.