Jeanne Elizabeth Marx Young, age 96, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 4.
Mrs. Young was born in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 3, 1928, to Loretta Broderick Marx and Oscar Edward Marx, as the oldest of their three children. She graduated from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia and received a master’s degree in social work with a specialty in psychiatric casework from Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and worked as a clinical social worker.
As a psychiatric caseworker, she was employed at Philadelphia General Hospital, University of Michigan Hospital, and the Veterans Administration hospital in Houston, and served as a supervisor of casework at Catholic Charities in Houston.
After marriage to Dr. Vernon H. Young and moving to Knoxville, Mrs. Young volunteered at several agencies. She was chairman of Child and Family Services, past president and board member of the Knoxville Academy of Medicine Alliance, a board member of the American Lung Association, involved with the KAMA suicide prevention program, chaired the Benefits Gala of the American Lung Association, was a Ladies of Charity volunteer, a group leader with outpatients at Overlook Mental Health Center, and a member of Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish Council.
Mrs. Young devoted her life to her family and raising her five sons, for which she always reflected was her greatest pride and joy.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Dr. Vernon H. Young, infant daughter, Mary Margaret Young, and sister Kathleen Marx Sharp. She is survived by her sister, Carol Ann Marx Wickersham; her five sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Christopher and Vanessa Young, Gregory and Kathy Young, Patrick and Melissa Young, Dr. Richard Young, and Broderick and Heather Young; and grandchildren Julia, Madeline, Eric, Chloe, Willow, Piper, Ann Claire, Hutton, and Evelyn.
A funeral Mass for Mrs. Young was celebrated on July 10, at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, with interment following at Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery. Memorials for Mrs. Young may be made to Sacred Heart Cathedral School, the Ladies of Charity, or a charity of your choice.
