Submitted by: Dan Rich

Leonora F. Young

March 1, 1900 - April 7, 1995

South Bend Tribune 4/8/1995

SOUTH BEND - Services for Leonora F. Young, 95, of Hillcrest Road and Boca Raton, Fla., who died at 11 a.m. Friday at Regent Park Nursing Home, Boca Raton, will be Monday in Boca Raton. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Highland Cemetery Mausoleum. McGann Funeral Home, 2313 E. Edison Road, is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph County Humane Society.

Mrs. Young retired in 1960 as an art teacher with the South Bend Community School Corp. She was born March 1, 1900, in St. Louis, Mo., coming here in 1936 from Muskegon, Mich.

On Aug. 14, 1926, in Muskegon, as Leonora Fleckenstein, she married Ferdinan Joseph Young. He died Nov. 19, 1957. Surviving are a daughter, Mary L. Yeager of Boca Raton; a son, James E. of South Bend; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A daughter, Dr. L. Jeanne Young, died Oct. 10, 1990. She was a member of Newcomers Club, Progress Club, Ladies of the Elks and St. Patrick's Catholic Church.