Stacey Lea Young

Stacey Lea Young March 4,1961 - October 15, 2023 Quincy, WA. Stacey Lea Young, 62. Resident of Quincy, WA, passed on Sunday, October 15, 2023, surrounded by family at Central Washington Hospital at 8:00 a.m. Stacey was born March 4,1961, at Quincy Hospital. She was long awaited and the only child of Eloise and Jack Hoffner. Stacey was baptized into Christ Jesus and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church. She attended Quincy schools, graduated in 1979, and attended Wenatchee Valley Community College, graduating with a degree in Medical Transcription. After graduating, she began her career at Wenatchee Valley Clinic, now Confluence Health, where she worked for 42 years in multiple positions ending with Medical Records. Growing up on the family farm, Stacey was a true farm girl taking on weeding, growing vegetables, changing water, raising livestock, and riding and training horses. In high school she competed in equestrian events and won the Canadian Championship in the World Show in the event of English Hunt Seat. After college Stacey and her father owned several race horses traveling to races throughout the United States. In 1982 Stacey married her highschool sweetheart, Willard Young, of Quincy. Against her doctors advice, Stacey had her first child, a daughter Whitlee Mae in 1990 and in 1993, her son Bryce Jacob. Her children were the delight of her life. At the age of 17 Stacey experienced her first medical struggle beginning with Lupus attacking her kidneys and continued to have issues throughout her life including: Peritoneal dialysis, Breast cancer, Hemodialysis, two kidney transplants, and ending with two heart surgeries. Throughout all her medical issues, Stacey persevered without complaints, keeping her focus on her family. Stacey is survived by her husband, Willard; daughter, Whitlee (William) Morris; son, Bryce (MaKinna) Young; grandsons: Waylon, Kash, and Dean, and many in-laws, nieces, nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Eloise Hoffner. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. The Memorial Service will be at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 716 3rd Ave. S.E., Quincy, WA, 98848, on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. The family wishes Memorial Contributions sent to the National Kidney Foundation or Virginia Mason Foundation in gratitude for extending Stacey's life 23 more years. A special thank you to all her amazing doctors, nurses, and co-workers throughout the years.

Stacey Lea Young

March 4, 1961 - October 15, 2023