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YOUNG, Gladys Mary Ella 1930-2013

YOUNG, JACOBS, VOIGHTS, WYMORE, WEDEKING, SPRATT, BERGER, CHESTER, PLATTE, FASSE, PINES, PIPER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/5/2013 at 20:22:07

[Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier, Friday, May 17, 2013]

WATERLOO — Gladys Mary Ella Young, 82, of Bridges Senior Lifestyle Living of Waterloo, formerly of Finchford, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Allen Hospital.

She was born May 16, 1930, on a farm in rural Allison, Butler County, daughter of Peter (Bill) and Ella (Voights) Jacobs. She married Charles Henry Young on July 23, 1950, at the United Methodist Church, New Hartford. He died April 19, 1974.

She graduated from the eighth grade in a country school by Camp Comfort in Greene. Following her schooling, she worked at Macy’s Variety as well as the Sweet Corn Factory in Clarksville, Rath Packing and Potter’s Ice Cream, both in Waterloo. She then began working at the University of Northern Iowa in 1965 as a cook and then as a coordinator for food services until she retired in 1990.

Survived by: a son, Steve (Pat) of Finchford; two daughters, Pattie (Tom) Wymore of Finchford and Beckie (John) Wedeking of Blairstown; five granddaughters; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Richard (Marion) Jacobs of Greene; and four sisters, Donna Spratt of Greene, JoAnn Berger and Judy (Lemar) Chester, both of Plainfield, and Janet Platte of Ankeny.

Preceded in death by: a sister, Barbara Jacobs; two brothers, LeRoy and Earl Jacobs; sisters-in-law, Leona Jacobs, Freda Fasse, Veda Pines and Zella Piper; and two brothers-in-law, Jim Spratt and Leon Berger.

Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Waverly, with burial in Finchford Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and for an hour before services Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorials: may be directed to the American Cancer Society.


 

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