Eric YOUNG Obituary

The sudden and peaceful death is announced, after a very long illness bravely borne, of Eric John Young on Monday, February 2, 2026. Eric was born on 15 August 1947 in Invercargill, Southland, the second son of Bill and Joyce Young of Carfax, Mossburn, Southland, and educated at St Andrew's College, Christchurch, New Zealand. He lived the majority of his working life as an air traffic controller in Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland), Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong. Eric is mourned and desperately missed by his wife, Denise, son and daughter-in-law, William and Mary, and his two grandchildren, Zabelle and Raffi, and many other members of their families and friends. His funeral will be held at St James the Less Anglican Church in Mount Eliza, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, on Saturday, February 14, 2026.