Ruth Phelan Young, age 90 of Hot Springs Village, died Wednesday, July 19, 2017 in Hot Springs. She was born on January 23, 1927 in Malvern to the late Thomas Marion Phelan and Maude Lilly Potts Phelan. Reared and educated in Malvern, she was a homemaker and the widow of the late Clifford Lee Young, to whom she was married on August 15, 1947 in the First Baptist Church of Malvern. He preceded her in death on December 9, 2010. The Young family moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1962, where Mr. Young worked many years for the Pet Milk Company. They moved back to Arkansas in 1988 and settled in Hot Springs Village, where they were founding members of Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church. Mrs. Young was a 50+ year member of P. E. O. Chapter CR.

She is survived by her children, Janet Hazelbaker of Fairfax Station, Virginia, and Robin Young of Malvern; three grandchildren, Lisa Owings, Chrissy Hazelbaker, and Michael Hazelbaker; by four great-grandchildren, Indy Owings, Delaney Owings, Annabel Ruth Owings, and Olivia Ruth Hazelbaker; and by a brother, Neal Phelan of Donaldson.

Mrs. Young was also preceded in death by five siblings, Hazel McKenzie, Nettie Jackson, Calvin, Harold, and Hugh Phelan.

Graveside services will be held on Saturday morning, July 29, 2017 at nine o'clock at Shadowlawn Cemetery in Malvern under the direction of J. A. Funk Funeral Home.

A memorial service will follow at one o'clock Saturday afternoon at Christ of The Hills United Methodist Church in Hot Springs Village.

Online condolences may be sent via jafunkfunkfuneralhome.com.