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Visitation:
From 5:00
p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday,
Aug. 12, 2016, at the Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home
Service:
Saturday,
August 13, 2016, at 10:30
a.m. at
the Atlanta United Methodist Church
Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Sally A. Young, 80, of Atlanta, passed away on
Saturday, August 6, 2016 at Advocate BroMenn
Regional Medical Center in Normal.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Young will be held on Saturday,
August 13, 2016, at 10:30
a.m. at
the Atlanta United Methodist Church with Rev.
Michael Abel officiating.
Visitation will be held from 5:00
p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday,
Aug. 12, 2016, at the Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home in Atlanta.
Burial will be in the Atlanta Cemetery.
Sally Ann Givens was born on October 4, 1935 in
Lincoln, the daughter of Frank Eldon and Thelma Lown
Givens. She was united in marriage to Lynn Kent
Young on September 9, 1956 at the Atlanta United
Methodist Church. He preceded her in death on March
13, 2014.
Surviving Mrs. Young are her children: Lori (Kurt)
Werth, David (LeRae) Young, Leslie (Rod) Lutz, Amy
(Steven) Detig, and Deanna (Darin) Crane; thirteen
grandchildren: Mallory, Jessica, and Alex Werth; Sean
and Kalyn Young; Mitchell, Quinton, and Abigail
Lutz; Sarah, Lauren, and Eric Detig; and Brady and
Cameron Crane.
Sally graduated as Valedictorian from Atlanta High
school in 1953. After high school, she graduated as
Valedictorian from Mennonite School of Nursing in
Bloomington, Ill. in 1956. |
She worked part-time for a few years for Dr. Ijams
in Atlanta and Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in
Lincoln. Later she worked for Dr. Tomlinson in
Lincoln, and the Lincoln Correctional Center. She
dedicated most of her life to her family, her
church, and her community.
Sally was a member of the Atlanta United Methodist
Church and Atlanta Methodist Women where she
volunteered as choir director, with VBS, church
treasurer, and coordinating the annual ice cream
social. She served as a member of the Atlanta
Rescue Squad. She also belonged to the Atlanta Jr.
Women's Club for many years and enjoyed playing
bridge in two different clubs with friends. Sally
also served as a Girl Scout Leader and was a member
of the Atlanta Ladies' Cemetery Association for many
years. In addition, Sally enjoyed yard work,
especially pulling weeds, knitting, attending her
grandchildren’s many events and vacationing with
friends and family in the Ozarks every summer.
Memorials may be made to the Atlanta United
Methodist Church, Atlanta Rescue Squad, or the
Alzheimer's Association.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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