{"id":87543,"date":"2015-11-17T06:48:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T12:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=87543"},"modified":"2015-11-17T17:02:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T23:02:13","slug":"mary-young-funeral-tues-nov-17-at-basilica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=87543","title":{"rendered":"Mary Faith Young – Nov 14, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"YoungMaryBW\"<\/a><\/em>Sad news from the family of Mary Young. Mary passed away . . . \u00a0peacefully in the presence of her family.<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the magnificent people has given her full measure and has found her peace. May God accept her with open arms.<\/em><\/p>\n

From “If you grew up in Jamestown ND<\/a>” Facbook page, Bill DiBrito.<\/p>\n

Photo used with permission: \u00a0Ali Winberry (Mary’s grandniece)<\/p>\n

Obituary: \u00a0Mary Faith (Olson) Young passed away on Saturday morning, November 14, 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obituary at Williams-Lisko Funeral Chapel<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Faith (Olson) Young was born on May 28, 1920 on a homestead near Franklin, Montana. At the age of 11 months she and her grandmother, Eva Mae Plunkett, lived over the old Alert Newspaper where Aunt Eva Plunkett was employed as the associate press reporter. Mary had the rare opportunity to meet many of the old pioneers of Jamestown. Mary attended St. John\u2019s Academy for 12 years, graduating from St. John\u2019s Academy in 1938. Mary was active in Jolly Jane\u2019s 4-H and created Marionette puppets that their 4-H club presented shows all over the state, especially to the Little Country Theatre at NDSU in Fargo, ND. The Marionettes are now in the ND Heritage Center in Bismarck, ND.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Faith attended NDSU for 3 years, leaving NDSU during WWII to work at the Department of Censorship in Washington, D.C., in 1941. While working in Washington, Mary met her husband Chief Gunner\u2019s mate Ernest Young at the USO at the Presidential Ball.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Faith Olson and Ernest Young were married at St. James Catholic Church, August 21, 1944. They had 3 children, Mary Catherine, David Ernest, and Rebecca Ann.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary was very active in Scouting and Mary had a Girl Scout troop for 11 years. Mary received the \u201cThanks Badge\u201d from her Troop and later a life membership from the National Girl Scout Council. In addition, Mary was honored for her work in Cub Scouts. Mary was President of the PTA and the Alumni Association at St. John\u2019s Academy.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary and her husband Ernest helped start the Ft. Seward Wagon Train in 1969. Together they tracked many historic trails throughout the state.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Faith Young was director of the Teen Canteen for 14 years. Mary and her husband Ernest were recognized with an appreciation award from the Canteen Jr. Board in 1973.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 1974, Mary was appointed by Governor Link to the State Historical Board. In 1975, Mary was honored by the Jamestown Chamber of Commerce for the \u201cOutstanding Citizen<\/div>\n
Award.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Faith organized the \u201cFarewell to the Lloyd\u2019s Opera House\u201d in 1975. In 1976, Mary Faith Young received an award for Outstanding Efforts toward The Jamestown Community Bicentennial.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 1977, Mary received a Certificate of National Commendation from the American Association for State and Local History and Governor\u2019s Leadership Award.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Faith was a life-long active Preservationist, she wrote the nomination for the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse (the oldest in ND) and the St. James Basilica. Mary was Chairman of Publishing the Centuries of Stories and researcher in 1983. She also gave history tours for the 4th\u00a0graders for the Jamestown schools. In her honor, the 4th\u00a0graders and teachers planted a tree in Klaus Park and Mary received an award for 19 years of service to the public schools in 1988. In 1988, Mary Faith Young was given the Excellence Award in Local History from the North Dakota State Historical Board. In 1990, Mary received the Certificate of Recognition from the Modern Wood-Men of America, Camp 1477 Jamestown, ND.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary received the Distinguished Graduate Award in 1991 from the Department of Elementary Schools of the National Catholic Education Association.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 1992, Mary received a Humanities Grant to speak on the Historic Sibley Trail. In\u00a02002, Mary received the award for her support of the Bureau of Reclamation Centennial\u00a0Anniversary, \u201cA Century of Water for the West\u201d by the U.S. Department of the Interior. In 2006, Mary received the Conservation Education Award from Stutsman County Soil Conservation District for local history lectures. In 2007, Mary received the \u201cJohnny Apple Seed Award\u201d on Arbor Day from the Jamestown Park Board.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 2009, Mary was given the award of one of the Most Beautiful Women of North Dakota\u00a0of which there were 28 women selected.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In 2012, Mary received A Humanities Grant for recording and presenting the history of the Ft. Seward to Ft. Totten Trail they tracked in 1969. Mary and her daughter, Rebecca Young-Sletten, presented lectures on numerous occasions on the Ft. Seward to Ft. Totten Trail.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Faith (Olson) Young was a lifetime long member of St. James Basilica. She was<\/div>\n
a member of the Tabernacle Society since 1947. She belonged to Lady of Lords Circle and was the President of the Circle and Tabernacle. In 2014, Mary helped with the Trinity Celebration and recorded a DVD on the history of St. James Church.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary was a member of the Sons of Norway, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary, Jamestown Art Association, and National Historic Preservation Association, and the\u00a0National Audubon Society, and the Pearl Harbor Association.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Faith is survived by her daughters, Mary Catherine Lutz, Jamestown, Rebecca Young-Sletten and Gary Sletten, Bismarck, ND. Her grandchildren, Teresa Urlacher and Michael Urlacher, Wahoo, Nebraska, Sarah Schmidt, Fargo, Amanda Delaney and Bobby Delaney, Bismarck, Katherine Young (mother, Doreen Young). She is also survived by her 6 great grandchildren, MaKenna Urlacher, Joshua Urlacher, Gabriel Buehler, Grace Schmidt, Faith Schmidt, and Emily Sletten. She is also survived by her brother, Raymond Olson and Mary Olson, Billings, Montana, sister, Eva McDunn, Great Falls, Montana. She is also survived by her 2 exchange students, Shigeru Endo, Japan, Beatrice (Ortiz) Christian and Blake Christian, Littleton, Colorado, special friends: Maris and Jay Thompson, Dorothy Dockter, Jim Harty, Rosine Stahlecker, Tim and Joanne Geinert, Joe, Joshua and Geinert family. Sandy Tuhy, and Michael Williams, special hospice friends: Cheryl, Sybil, Kathleen, and Vicki, JMC Hospice, Sons of Norway, the 1883 Stutsman County Historical Courthouse Committee, and the ND State Historical Society.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Faith Young will be greatly missed by her family and numerous people Mary housed and entertained in her home. Mary will be very much missed by the Jamestown community for all her great contributions to their rich history and community programs. Mary Faith Young will also be greatly missed by her church community, St. James Basilica for all her help in preserving their history.<\/div>\n

Mass of Christian Burial<\/strong>: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at St. James Basilica, Jamestown, ND with Father Sean Mulligan officiating.<\/p>\n

Visitation:<\/strong>\u00a0An hour before the services at the church.<\/p>\n

Vigil:<\/strong>\u00a07:00 p.m., Monday, November 16, 2015 at St. James Basilica, Jamestown.<\/p>\n

After the Mass, Mary\u2019s body will be donated to the University of North Dakota, after which time her ashes will be interred next to Ernest at Calvary Cemetery, Jamestown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sad news from the family of Mary Young. Mary passed away . . . \u00a0peacefully in the presence of her family. One of the magnificent people has given her full measure and has found her peace. May God accept her with open arms. From “If you grew up in Jamestown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":87544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87543"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87548,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87543\/revisions\/87548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}