Ernest Irvin “Lucky” Jung Jr. was born in Okarche, Oklahoma on May 4, 1937, to Ernest Irvin Jung Sr., and Arte Mae Meade Jung. He had two sisters, Erma Mae Jung Krameier, deceased, and Katharyn Ann Jung McCarthy.
He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Carol Ann Ford Jung of Detroit, Michigan. He was father to three children, two stepchildren, 8 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
He started working at a young age on the family wheat and registered dairy farm in Okarche, graduated from high school and went on to college. He moved to Chicago to become station manager for Ozark Airlines before returning to Okarche to take over the family farm when his father became unable, and during which time he also ran the local farm coop in town.
He later moved to Yale where he went on to become a professional welder and boilermaker, a profession that allowed him to travel around the country, from Wyoming to Baltimore, working as a welder on various refineries, power plants, nuclear plants, etc. The profession that eventually allowed him to retire, after which he went back to cattle ranching and acquiring collectible tractors, preferably John Deere.
He then spent several years taking his beloved tractors and traveling around to antique tractor shows from California to Oklahoma to Canada.
He met his wife, who incidentally was born to the Ford family of Detroit, while working in Michigan at the Ford plant. They were married on an island, Belle Isle in the Detroit River between the US and Canada, and had their honeymoon on another island, Mackinac Island in upper Michigan.
For several years, when he wasn’t traveling for work, he taught Sunday school to 4th, 5th and 6th grade boys at the First Baptist Church in Yale.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Palmer Marler Funeral Home. A visitation will be held on Monday, December 9, 2024 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Yale First Baptist Church. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at the Yale First Baptist Church with pastor Barry Richards officiating.
