Bill attended Oak Park High School, and later enlisted in the Army where he became a paratrooper with the 81st Airborne Division. In the years to follow, he attended the Art Institute of Dallas where he began his successful career in graphic design. He went on to work for Radio Disney in Los Angeles, where he was Creative Director and continued his art career through illustration and logo design in Dallas, Texas.
He married Lisa Irene Athanas on February 14, 1995 and his beloved daughter, Madison Haley Young, was born in Texas March 3, 1996. Madison currently attends the University of Arkansas where she will be graduating in May, and will be continuing on to earn her Masters in Physician Assistant studies.
Bill recently moved back to Kansas City in 2014, where he met his beloved girlfriend of 4 years, Amy Sue Potts.
Bill is survived by his loving parents, William Ellsworth Young and Josephine Ann Tanner; girlfriend, Amy Sue Potts; daughter, Madison Haley Young; sisters, Barbara Lynn Lanning, Denise Marie Stangroom, Shannon Marie Andrew, Erin Ashley Young; and brother, Shawn Michael Young; along with many much loved uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews, nieces and friends.
As Bill would say, “Don’t go changin'!”.
