Grace Young

BIOGRAPHY

Grace Young was born in Washington Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA, on 28 January 1904. Her parents were Frank B. Yockey and Lillie Hartman. She was the middle of seven children and the last to survive. Her formal education extended through about the seventh grade.

Grace enjoyed baking and crocheting. In the 1920s, she married Paul E. Young, with whom she had three children. She devoted herself to homemaking and was an active member of Poke Run Presbyterian Church, participating in the church’s Women’s Circle as well as the Washington Township Women’s Club. Grace and Paul shared nearly 70 years of marriage until his passing in 1994.

Afterwards, Grace moved to McMurtry Towers in Vandergrift, where she lived for 17 years before settling at West Haven Manor in Washington Township.

Grace Young passed away in Washington Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on 4 August 2015 aged 111 years, 188 days.

RECOGNITION

Her age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group on 8 February 2015.

ATTRIBUTION

* “Grace Young, 111 years old, made an impact in her long, full life” – TribLIVE.com, 6 August 2015

* Grace M. Yockey Young – Find A Grave

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