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Arleen O. Young, 89, of North Platte, died at the Sutherland Care Center on January 28, 2020.Arleen was born April 6, 1930, to Albert Henry and Olive Violet (Nelson)&nbsp;Gass in Osseo, WI and grew up in Slayton, MN.&nbsp; After graduating from&nbsp;Slayton High School in 1949, Arleen attended Northwestern Medical&nbsp;Technician College in Minneapolis then went to work for the Lutheran&nbsp;Hospital Society in Wyoming.Arleen married, had a daughter, Pam, and lived in Arnold for 10 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;She then moved to North Platte with her daughter and went to work as a&nbsp;Medical Technician for St. Mary's Hospital and later Memorial Hospital&nbsp;until retiring.On July 31, 1972, Arleen married James Henry Young at Cheyenne and they made their home in North Platte.&nbsp; Jim and Arlene owned and operated the&nbsp;Driftwood Manor from 1972-84 and also built the Lamp Lighter Inn at Lake&nbsp;Maloney which they operated for several years. They eventually sold the&nbsp;businesses and enjoyed their time together.Arleen kept busy by volunteering and being active in various&nbsp;organizations.&nbsp; She volunteered with R.S.V.P. and the Lincoln County&nbsp;Historical Museum; was a member of Sandhill Campers, Shrine Auxiliary,&nbsp;Eastern Star and V.F.W.&nbsp; Auxiliary; was a member and Past President of&nbsp;American Legion Auxiliary; a charter member of Good Sam's Club; and a&nbsp;member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church.Arleen enjoyed working at the historical museum, making desserts and&nbsp;cooking holiday dinners.&nbsp; She loved her dog, K.K., and cat, C.D., but&nbsp;especially loved her grandbabies.She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim; daughter, Pamela Szwanek;&nbsp;parents, Albert and Olive Gass; brothers-in-law, Gerald and Don Young;&nbsp;sister-in-law, Joan Gass; and grandson, Robbie Mills.Arleen is survived by her son-in-law, Kirk Szwanek, of North Platte;&nbsp;stepchildren, Steve Young and Debra (Marty) Myers, of Cheyenne, WY,&nbsp;Carol (Mike) Farmer, of Chesapeake, VA and Donna (Stan) Johnson, of&nbsp;Nolanville, TX; brothers, Don Gass, of Fulda, MN and Robert (Sue) Gass,&nbsp;of Slayton, MN; brothers-in-law, Pat Young, of Golden, CO, Owen (Betty)&nbsp;Young, of Kent, WA and Chuck Young, of Casper, WY; 8 grandkids, 9&nbsp;great-grandkids, and other family.Memorial Service will be 10 a.m. February 13, 2020, at Odean Colonial&nbsp;Chapel at C &amp; Sycamore.&nbsp; Inurnment will follow in Fort McPherson&nbsp;National Cemetery.&nbsp; The memorial book may be signed at odeanchapel.com&nbsp;or from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at Odean Colonial Chapel at C &amp;&nbsp;Sycamore, which is in charge of arrangements.&nbsp; Memorials are suggested&nbsp;to the Lincoln County Historical Museum.

Arleen O. Young (1930-2020