YOUNG, Alberta Lucille (Liebau) - b. November 3, 1913 - d. September 16, 2007

[Janet Harrington]

(Taken from the Independence Daily Reporter, Sept. 17, 2007 page 2)

Alberta Lucille Young, 93, of Howard, died Sunday at Maria Court Assisted Living Center in Mulvane.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the united Methodist Church in Howard with Pastor Charles Cryderman officiating.  Burial will be in Grace Lawn Cemetery.

Visitation will be Saturday from 9 a.m. until service time at the church.

Memorials are suggested to St. Jude Children's Hospital and they may be sent to Countryside Funeral Home, P.O. Box 247, Fredonia, KS 66736.

Arrangements are under the direction of Zimmerman Funeral Home, Howard.

Mrs. Young was born near Grenola Nov. 3, 1913 to Jerry and Edna (Schul) Liebau.

She married J. Harold Young on Sept. 5, 1936 at Cottonwood Falls, and he died in 2004.

Mrs. Young attended Grenola and Moline high schools.  She received her bachelor and master degrees from Emporia State University, and taught school for 36 years, retiring in 1977.

Mrs. Young was a member of the United Methodist Church in Severy, Alpha Tau Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, and the retired teachers organizations in Elk and Greenwood counties.

Survivors include a daughter, CoraBelle Ames; four grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
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(Taken from the Flint Hills Express, Sept. 19, 2007, page 3)

Alberta Lucille Young, age 93, of Howard, passed away Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007 at the Maria Court Assisted Living Center in Mulvane, Kan.  Alberta was born north of Grenola, on Nov. 3, 1913 to Jerry and Edna Schul Liebau.

Alberta was united in marriage to J. Harold Young, Sept. 5, 1936 at Cottonwood Falls, Kan., and he preceded her in death on Aug. 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, Ariz.  Alberta's health began to fail so they returend to Howard untio February 2002 when they sold their home in Howard and moved to Maria Court Assisted Living in Mulvane.

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."

Alberta was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers; Willie and Gilbert, Liebau, and a nephew Buck Leibau and his wife Joann.  She is survived by her daugher CoraBelle Ames and son-in-law Don, four grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007 at the United Methodist Church in Howard, with Pastor Charles Cryderman officiating.  Visitation will be Saturday from 9 a.m. 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.

[frawin]

I'm sad to learn about Alberta's passing.  My mother roomed at Harold & Alberta's when she taught at Bunker Hill School back in the late 1930's.  She and Alberta have remained friends through the years.  I also went to high school at Severy with CoraBelle.  She was a couple of years ahead of me in school. 

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