Theron Young, 83, of Mendota died Nov. 7, 2010, in Mendota Lutheran Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church, Mendota, with the Rev. Michael Morrell officiating. Burial will be at Heaton Point Cemetery, Princeton. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Tuesday in the church. Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota, provided the arrangements. Mr. Young was born April 4, 1927, in Chicago to Theron and Ruth (Woodburn) Young. He married Mary Lou Johnson on Nov. 25, 1949; she died Aug. 1, 1962. He later married Jean Widmer Smith on July 30, 1966, in Mendota. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II with the occupation forces in Germany. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and active in various church committees. He was a member of Mendota Lions Club. He is survived by his wife Jean of Mendota; five daughters, Beverly (Glenn) Dobias of Pearland, Texas, Marilyn (Shaun) Harpley of Vadnais Heights, Minn., Barbara (Merv) Salter of Monticello, Colleen (Jim) Moravek of Columbia Heights, Minn., and Lois (Rick) Ledesma of Friendswood, Texas; two sons Martin (Eleanor) Smith of Davis, Calif., and Henson (Pati) Smith of Puyallup, Wash.; 20 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Pat Alexander of Bettendorf, Iowa. In addition to his first wife, he was preceded in death by one sister. Memorials may be directed to First United Methodist Church or the Alzheimer's Association.