Kay Young

Frances Kathleen “Kay” Young, age 99 of Pilot Grove, Missouri, passed away late Thursday night, March 12, 2020 at Katy Manor. Both her sons had been by her side.

Kay was born September 11, 1920 in Parsons, Kansas to George Francis and Frances Marie Gilliland. She was married in 1941 to Virgil Joseph Young and they were together for 50 years and 1 month when he passed away in 1991. They were blessed with two sons.

Kay was employed as a Trouble Clerk for Mid Missouri Telephone Company which later became the current Otelco Company. She was an active member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, being a member and president of the Altar Sodality at the time of construction of the current Church building.

Those preceding Kay in death were her parents George and Frances Gilliland; husband Virgil J. Young; brothers Paul, Thomas and infant brother William J. Gilliland; sisters Gertrude Klenklen, Ann Aho, Georgia Sydlowski and Bertha Eichelberger.

Surviving Frances Kathleen Young, are her sons Father Gary Charles Young, CR (Congregation of the Resurrectionist) (Chaplain for Order of Nuns) of Nazareth, Kentucky and Robert Edward Young, Counselor for those suffering with substance abuse of St. Louis, Missouri.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 14, 2020 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pilot Grove, Missouri with burial immediately following in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Pilot Grove. Prior to the service, the Rosary will begin at 8:45 a.m. with visitation following until the time of service.

Memorials for Kay Young are suggested to St. Joseph Cemetery Asociation, Pilot Grove, Missouri.

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Rosary will begin at 8:45 a.m. prior to visitation Saturday, March 14, 2020 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Pilot Grove.