Doris Elaine Young

Doris Elaine Hanger Young, 91, passed away on January 31, 2018 in Naples, FL. She was born December 15, 1926 to Robert Luther Hanger and Hannah Grace Jones Hanger in Elkins, WV. Doris had one sister Betty McGrane of Colorado Springs, CO.

She was the loving wife of Dr. Jerome Kenneth (Jake, now deceased) formerly of Canton, PA. and Naples, FL. They met in Doris’s hometown of Elkins, WV. where Jake was stationed as a cadet flight officer during WWII. Doris said that Jake, who was a terrific jitterbugger, literally danced his way into her heart. They corresponded throughout WWII while Jake was stationed in England as a bomber pilot, and Doris worked as head secretary to the Vice President of Purchasing at Glenn L. Martin.

They married in 1945. After the war, Doris put Jake through optometry school working as a secretary in Philadelphia. They then moved to Canton, PA where they had three children, Terry Beeson of Bonita Springs, FL; Jerry (Jake) Young of Canton, PA; and Julie Young of Arden, NC.

Doris is survived by 3 grandchildren, Holly Beeson of Huntersville, NC; Lainie Kitzmiller of Tucson, AZ; and Zach Young of Camptown, PA. She is also survived by two great-grandchildren, Jake and Amelia Kitzmiller of Tucson, AZ; a sister-in-law Marilyn Young of Camptown, PA; a sister-in-law Pat Goodwin and brother-in-law John Goodwin of Elmira, NY. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Upon retiring in 1983, Doris and Jake traveled around the United States in their motor home finding Naples, FL where they permanently moved in 1987.

Doris will be remembered as a ray of sunshine with a kind and generous heart whose mission in life was to bring beauty, peace, and joy.