Alberta Lucille Young's Obituary
Alberta Lucille Young
Alberta Lucille Young, age 93, of Howard, Kansas passed away Sunday, September 16, 2007 at the Maria Court Assisted Living Center in Mulvane, Kansas. Alberta was born north of Grenola, Kansas on November 3, 1913 to Jerry and Edna Schul Liebau.
Alberta was united in marriage to J. Harold Young, September 5, 1936 at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas and he preceded her in death on August 31, 2004.
Alberta attended eight years at Greenfield school north of Grenola, three years at Grenola High and one year at Moline High, taking a Normal Training course so she could teach. She taught twelve years in country schools, two years 3rd and 4th grade at Grenola, twenty-two years at Severy (seventeen years as second grade teacher and five years as Remedial Reading teacher). She retired in 1977 after teaching thirty-six years.
During the years of teaching she attended Pittsburg State, appointment classes at Coffeyville and Emporia State, correspondence, night, Saturday and summer classes, finishing with a Bachelor and Masters Degree at Emporia State. She always said Harold deserved a degree in “batching†while she was gone to school.
Harold and Alberta enjoyed traveling all over the United States, Canada, Mexico and different countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe. They purchased an R.V. and enjoyed trips and joined several camping groups. They spent eight winters in Mesa, Arizona. Alberta’s health began to fail so they returned to Howard until February 2002 when they sold their home in Howard and moved to Maria Court Assisted Living in Mulvane, Kansas.
Alberta loved her flowers and bowling, both in Kansas and Arizona. Alberta was a member of the United Methodist Church in Severy, Alpha Tau Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, Retired Teachers of Elk and Greenwood Counties, Church Circle, and enjoyed the pitch club, “Classy Lassies.â€
Alberta was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers; Willie and Gilbert Liebau, and a nephew Buck Liebau and his wife Joann. She is survived by her daughter CoraBelle Ames and son-in-law Don, four grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, September 22, 2007 at the United Methodist Church in Howard, Kansas with Pastor Charles Cryderman officiating. Visitation will be Saturday from 9 AM until service time at the church. Interment will be at Grace Lawn Cemetery. Family suggests contributions to St. Jude Children’s Hospital and may be sent to Countryside Funeral Home, P.O. Box 247, Fredonia, KS 66736. Arrangements are under the direction of Zimmerman Funeral Home, Howard, Kansas 620-374-2381. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.countrysidefh.com.
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