David Bennion Young
Marriages
Annette Deaton
1st Wife
Mary Futa
2nd Wife (40 years)
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 6B - October 23, 2022
David Bennion Young
died October 5 at his home
in Loma Colorado. He
was 90 years old. David
was born in Provo Utah to
Karl and Elma (Bennion)
Young.
He served in the army and saw combat in Korea. It
was there he got serious about art - sketching during
down time.
David got a B.A. in art education and M.A. in art
from San Jose State University and an M.F.A. from
the University of Arizona. He taught in high schools,
colleges and universities in Wyoming, Arizona, Utah,
California and Colorado, including what was then Mesa
State College.
Over a lifetime of teaching and painting he has
exhibited widely and received numerous awards for
painting in national and regional shows. His works
have been exhibited in galleries throughout the western
United States and is represented in numerous private
and public collections.
David was married to Annette Deaton and they had
four children, they divorced. He married Mary Futa and
they enjoyed forty years together.
David was preceded in death by his parents and
sister, Mary Snow. He is survived by his children: Dave
Young of Phoenix, Arizona, Karen (Suzi) Young and
Charri Sutherlin, both of La Palma, California and
Stanton Young of Brooklyn, New York. He had fifteen
grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
No services are planned.
