Youngstrom, Jane 1928 - 2008

YOUNGSTROM, JONES, PAULS

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/22/2013 at 13:50:04

Jane Youngstrom, 79, of 1603 1st Ave. North passed away peacefully with her
family by her side on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at the Oakwood Care Center in Clear
Lake.

Memorials can be made out to the Clear Lake Public Library in honor of
Jane.

Funeral services were held, Monday, April 14, at Zion Lutheran Church,
Clear Lake, with Pastor Derik Yarian officiating. Inurnment will be at a later
date at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.

Jane was born on Dec. 7, 1928 in Washington, Iowa the daughter of George A.
and Hannah E. (Jones) Pauls. She graduated from Washington High School and then
attended the University of Iowa, where she played bagpipes with the Scottish
Highlanders. She met and married Earl R. Youngstrom on April 15, 1950 in Iowa
City, Iowa.

Jane was very involved in the Zion Lutheran Church, including the Circle
Club. She was also active in the Clear Lake Public Library where she worked for
25 years, retiring in July 2007. She loved gardening, antiques, crafts, bridge
club, and the Iowa Hawkeyes. She was also an avid book reader and enjoyed
spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by her daughter, Holly Jane Monson, and her children, Megan
and Andrew Monson, Richfield, Minn., and sons, Eric Robert Youngstrom,
Springfield, Mo., Scott Pauls (Maureen) Youngstrom, and their children, Kelsi,
Kendall and Erika, Minnetonka, Minn., and Todd Earl (Kay) Youngstrom, and their
children, Michael and Megan Woodbury, Minn.; brother, John “Jack” F. (Maggie)
Pauls, Lansdale, Penn., and her sister-in-law, Arlene Youngstrom, Estherville,
Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Earl.

Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel was in charge of arrangements.