Northview - North Mankato Mortuary
2060 Commerce Drive
North Mankato, MN 56003
507-388-2288
Grace A. Young, age 75 of Mankato, died Sunday, June 24, 2012 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Mankato.
Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at Northview-North Mankato Mortuary. Burial will be in Woodland Hills Memorial Park. Visitation will be held 4-7, Tuesday at Northview with a 7 p.m. prayer service. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the mortuary on Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the Mayo Clinic Health System Hospice, Palliative Care or the American Diabetes Association.
Grace Alline was born April 3, 1937 to Tobias Lucky and Virginia (Rippitoe) Cook in Figure Four, Arkansas. In 1955, she graduated from Lassen High School in Susanville, CA. Grace became a licensed hairdresser from Sparks Beauty School in Nevada. On November 8, 1958, Grace was united in marriage to Harold "Gus" Young at Stead Air Force Base in Reno, NV. Together, they moved back to North Mankato, were blessed with two boys, and then raised their family on a farm in rural Mankato. Grace had worked at JC Penney and Wonder Bread, before being a cook for School District 78 in Rapidan. She was head cook for Wellcome Memorial High School in Garden City until retirement. After retirement, Grace cooked at Trinity Daycare in North Mankato and also worked two summers at a gift shop in Yellowstone. Grace loved to take pictures of bison and spend time with her family, but most of all, she enjoyed spoiling her grandchildren.
Grace is survived by her husband of 53 years and 9 months, Gus of Mankato; son, Keith (Cheryl) Young of Yellowstone National Park, WY and their two sons: Joshua (Leslie) Young and their daughter, Briella; David (Michelle) Young; son, Steven (Cynthia) Young of Vernon Center and their three daughters: Chelsey (Jeremy) Pasbrig, Courtney Young, and Cammey Young; one sister, Janice Humphrey; and nieces and nephews.
Grace was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters; and one brother.