Osage County KS Archives Obituaries.....YOUNG, Mrs. O.F. January 2, 1940
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The Enterprise-Chronicle, Osage County, Thursday, January 11, 1940


Services Are Held For Mrs. O.F. Young.
Graveside services for Mrs. O.F. YOUNG, 82, were held at the family burial plot
in the Burlingame cemetery on Saturday, January 6, following the arrival of
Santa Fe train No. 3 from Chicago at twelve o'clock noon, Rev. C.E. Wolters,
pastor of the Presbyterian church officiated.
Mrs. Young was the widow of O.F. Young, who, almost fifty years ago, came to
Burlingame from Osage City and operated a photograph gallery on the second floor
of the Pratt building. For several years the family resided here and held high
social and civic connections. Mr. Young moved his family to Oak Park, Chicago,
about 1895 where he continued in the photography business for many years and
where they have continued to reside. She was a sister of the late F.J. Williams
and had made frequent visits to relatvies and friends in Burlingame. Her death
occurred at her home, 112 Wesley, Oak Park, on Tuesday evening, January 2,
following a stroke which came upon her the afternoon of New Year's Day.
Nancy Jane Williams was born in Shelby county, Illinois, October 14, 1857. Her
marriage to Obediah F. Young, occurred in 1879. To this union was born two sons.
Clyde, a veteran of The Spanish-American War, died December 29, 1926 and his
body was brought here for burial. There survived, one son, Paul Young, Chicago;
a grandson, William Young, aged 10, and a niece, Mrs. Thomas H. Walton of Kansas
City, Mo.
Funeral services were held at the Drescler Funeral Home in Chicago at 3 p.m.,
January 5, conducted by Dr. Ward, pastor of the First Presbyterian church and of
which church Mrs. Young was a member.
Among those who attended the services were fellow-members of a ladies club, the
Borrowed Time Club, all past 70 years of age.
Among those who came to Burlingame Sunday were the son, Paul Young, Mrs. T.H.
Walton, who had been called to Chicago, Dr. T. H. Walton, and daughter, Mrs.
Nadine Scott, of Kansas City.

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