Mr. Young was an employee at A-Mart at Diamond and Stiringtown Roads. The store had only been open for 3 weeks when there was a $1 million fire around 4pm.
Both Mr. Young and Mrs. Dorothy Miller died in the fire. Authorities surmised Mr. Young died while attempting to rescue Mrs. Miller, also an employee.
The following memorial was posted in the newspaper one year later:
Greater Love Hath No Man
In Loving Memory of Larry M Young
October 17, 1971
Gone is the face we loved so dear,
Silent is the voice we loved to hear,
Too far away for sight or speech,
But not too far for thought to reach,
Sweet to remember him who was here,
Who, gone away, is just as dear.
Sadly missed by his children, parents, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends.
Robert and Alice Young.
Jane Ellyn Malone, 74, of Evansville, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at her home. She was born June 25, 1936, in Evansville, Indiana.
Jane was a member of Order of the Eastern Star Sunbeam Chapter #1 and Tri-State Genealogy Society. She was of the Methodist Faith.
Jane graduated from Griffin High School in 1954 and DeVry's School of Beauty Culture in 1955. She owned and operated Jane's Beauty Shop in Mt. Vernon for 17 years. She graduated from LPN School of Nursing, then later earned her RN from the University of Evansville School of Nursing. She was retired from Welborn Hospital after 25 years as a nurse.
She spent many years traveling and working on family history.
Jane was preceded in death by her parents, Uel and Lois Malone. She is survived by her sister, Patricia Hancock (Tom); niece, Lisa Daugherty (Ernie); and nephew, Scott Hancock (Jane); great-nieces, Rachel and Sara Daugherty; and great-nephew, Ryan Daugherty; all of Griffin, Ind.; and cousins.