Mary Young Obituary

She was my mother's first cousin. She was loyal, a great listener, elegant,
dedicated to cultural, and social causes in Chicago, and interested in the whole world > Visited the USSR, and went on many cruises.

Dear Mary. We think of you often and now our son and his family have moved in to our building we speak of you too!
We will light a candle for you today.
Margot and Tom

I would like to add my condolences on the end of a long and spectacular life. I had the privilege of knowing Mrs. Young my entire life as she and my mother, Nancy Hough Brennan, met when they both moved into the same building in the same year1957. So I knew her as a young child, a teenager, a young adult and on and on. All the nice words posted by the Pritzkers and the Puckers here ring 100% true. She was a great neighbor, of course, but she was also a great friend to my mother. She joined us for a very small luncheon with my mother to celebrate my mother's 80th birthday and I remember ever so vividly how wonderful she was now viewing her very much as an adult. Five years later my mother had significantly declined, but we went ahead and had a small celebration for her birthday and I remember how wonderfully warm she was to my mother trying to make sure that she connected with her and knew that she was there to observe her 85th birthday and really to comfort her. Two years later when my mother died, she again was there to comfort me and my family even though at her age at the time, I am sure that she had attended way too many funerals and wakes. We all know that we can't live forever, but Mary came pretty darn close using her irrepressible and independent spirit to lead a healthy and full life long after most of her peers were gone. She gave generously of her time and resources to too many civic institutions to count and left Chicago a way better place than she found it when she started on life's journey nearly a century ago. She was indeed proper, elegant, fun, serious but not too serious, gracious, warm, humorous, fiercely independent and, of course, very proud of Blair and George and her grandchildren. She embodied the best that life has to offer.

Peter Brennan

I Knew Mary though her association with the Guild of the Chicago History Museum. She served as President in 1964 and stayed engaged up to the present. She was so very lovely. I will miss seeing her. Nancy Kimball Robinson

May God and His Saints Comfort all of You in your sorrow With deeoest sympathy from Teresa Stepien Poland

May God and His saints comfort all of you in your sorrow.

With deepest sympathy from a devoted friend,

I was fortunate to have known Mrs. Young although for just a short time and was very touched by her grace and strength. My deepest condolences to her children and grandchildren.

Mary Young was a lady. Always proper always elegant always fun! She took life seriously and contributed mightily but never took herself so seriously that she couldn't look with humor on our beloved 2430 at the teenagers who needed tolerance, the dogs who needed love, the neighbors who needed patience and the lobby that never satisfied! She and her late husband George helped welcome us in to the building some 34 years ago with a delightful cocktail party. Mary spoke with great pride of her children and grandchildren who I am sure speak with great pride of her fierce independence and her many and deep interests in the city of Chicago. She was a special, gracious and dear neighbor who will be greatly missed. Please accept our most sincere condolences and may her memories sustain you in this sad time.
Margot and Tom Pritzker

Mary lived in our building and we were lucky enough to know her for 20 years. She was such an intelligent and graceful person and we will all miss having her with us and talking to her. she added to our building enormously. she was a blessing to all who knew her

The Pucker Family

I will miss Mary. She was so kind and thoughtful while stylish, cleaver and humorous. Rest in peace, dear.
Pamela Pierrepont Bardo

Sending our deepest sympathy and condolences to the Young family. May the God of all comfort strengthen you to cope and endure this difficult time

When we lose a loved one, they become a memory. Then the memory becomes a treasure. Hold on to those treasures of your loved one, they will help you through these difficult times. Isa.41:10