Alberta V. Young

Alberta V. Young, age 90, of Goose Lake, Iowa died Thursday, December 27, 2012. A funeral service will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Preston with Pastor Greg Geier officiating. A visitation will be held from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., prior to the service at the church. Burial will take place in the Center Grove Cemetery, Rural Goose Lake. A visitation will be held from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Preston. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren and spouses, Dan and Sheila Bormann and Ryan and Marci Unruh; two grandchildren, Lance Bormann and Shelby Bormann and two nephews, Steve Young and Lonnie Diercks. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in Alberta’s memory. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com .
Alberta was born on December 17, 1922, the daughter of John and Viola (Gielow) Stolk in rural Clinton, Iowa. She attended Goose Lake High School and graduated with the Class of 1941. She married Meredith W. Young on February 3, 1942 in Kahoka, Missouri. Meredith died on August 31, 1993.
Alberta farmed with her husband for 30 years before retiring and moving to Goose Lake in 1974. She also worked in the Northeast school lunchroom for 15 years. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Preston, Iowa where she taught Sunday school for over 40 years. Alberta was also a member of the Mary Circle and the Women of the Moose. Alberta loved playing card games and visiting with friends. Most of all, Alberta enjoyed spending time with family.
Alberta will be dearly missed by her daughter, Sandra Ann (Robert) Unruh of Charlotte, Iowa; two grandchildren, Sheila (Dan) Bormann of Clinton, Iowa, and Ryan (Marci) Unruh of DeWitt, Iowa, and two great-grandchildren, Lance and Shelby Bormann of Clinton.
Alberta was preceded in death by her parents John and Viola, and husband, Meredith.