Kathleen Ann, daughter of John C. and Esther Kydd Oakes, was born March 6, 1924, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School in Pennsylvania in 1942 and from Iowa State University in Ames in 1948.
From 1948 to 1951, she worked as a dietician and participated in preparing meals on a Pittsburgh television program called Kay’s Kitchen.
On November 3, 1951, she was united in marriage with Dr. Frank W. Young at Ingomar, Pennsylvania. In addition to her duties as a homemaker, Kathy worked with her husband for many years in his veterinary practice. They lived and worked in Waukee for a brief time before moving to Sumner in 1958. In 1963, they moved to Waucoma and remained there until moving back to Sumner in 1999.
Following several months of illness, Kathy’s death occurred on Monday, May 10, 2010, at Community Memorial Hospital in Sumner. She was 86 years old and a member of the United Methodist Church in Sumner. She was also a member of P.E.O., the Order of Eastern Star, the Sumner Culture Club, and enjoyed playing bridge. She took great pride in being instrumental in helping to create the Waucoma Public Library.
She is survived by four sons, John (Kathleen) Young of Versailles, Kentucky, Bruce (Barbara) Young of Westminster, California, Wilson (Anita) Young of Channahon, Illinois, and Martin (Angela) Young of Hutchinson, Minnesota; eight grandchildren, Christopher, Ian, Katherine, Benjamin, Ariel, Luke, Barb, and Emily Young; and one sister, Marilyn (William) Campbell of Salisbury, Maryland.
She was preceded in death by her husband on April 7th of this year; her parents; and a brother, John Oakes II.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 15, 2010, at the United Methodist Church in Sumner with Hugh Mackintosh L.C.M. officiating. Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 14, 2010, at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Sumner where there will be a 5:00 p.m. P.E.O service and for one hour preceding services at the church on Saturday. Interment will be at Union Mound Cemetery in Sumner. Memorials may be made in her name to the United Methodist Church in Sumner.
