Katherine Young

Katherine Young, 101, died Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at Clearview Home in Mt. Ayr. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, October 26, 2025, at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Services will be livestreamed. Pastor Tim Maxa will officiate. Burial will be at Spaulding Cemetery. Open visitation will be 1-2:00 p.m. Sunday, prior to services at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. In lieu of flowers, memorials are to the family. Online condolences can be left at www.powersfh.com.
Katherine Mae Hamner was born August 20, 1924, in Creston to Max O. Hamner and Mary M. (Miller). She was raised as a proud south-sider, attending Franklin Elementary School with her siblings and graduating from Creston High School with the Class of '42. Free time was spent in the Rainbow Park neighborhood with family and friends and visiting her family's furniture store uptown. She was united in marriage to Harold Eagan, later divorced and then married to David Young. She raised 3 children, Judy, Mike and Becky and considered that to be her greatest joy, saying she was always saddened when they were old enough to start school. Her joy grew exponentially as each grandchild, great grandchild and even great, great grandchildren arrived; marveling that she had lived long enough to be so blessed. She worked at a variety of jobs and babysat for countless children both in Creston and Diagonal all the while being a loving and dedicated homemaker and caregiver for her family. In 2013 Katherine moved to Homestead Assisted Living, getting involved in the welcome committee allowed her to form new friendships that would continue through the remainder of her life. Her final home was Clearview Home in Mt Ayr where she received wonderful care and looked forward to family visits and calls, especially a daily phone call from her dear friend, Carolyn Wheeler who preceded her in death by a mere 5 days.
Survivors include her daughters, Judy Clem of McAllen, TX and Becky (Rick) Pettegrew of Creston and daughter in law, Karen Walters of Creston; 10 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren and 6 great, great grandchildren; along with several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband David, her son Mike Eagan, her son in laws Mike Clem and Jim McKinney, her sister Maxine (Ray) Browning, two brothers, Russell "Buck" (Connie) Hamner and Max "Butch" "Pogo" (Dorothy) Hamner Jr. and brother-in-law John (Joy) Young and sister-in-law Carol Moore.