Pickering Funeral Home

Why God Made Mothers

God knew there should be mothers

To hear each infant’s cry

To pat away the little tears

That fill a baby’s eye

To watch and guide his little ones

And keep them safe from harm

To offer them the comfort

Of a mother’s sheltering arm…

God knew there should be mothers

To hear a child’s first word

To listen with attention

When a child’s voice must be heard…

To keep up with the daily rounds

And do the thousand things

That mean the reassurance

Such a loving presence brings…

God knew that each and every child

Needs someone close each day

To help them out – to cheer them up

At home…at school…at play

To teach them how to share this world

With sisters and with brothers –

And so in His great wisdom

God created mothers!

      Mary M. Young, 96, Overland, Mo., who formerly lived on a farm near Wellsville, died at 3:35 a.m., Friday, Dec. 13, 2002, in St. Louis.
     She was born March 16, 1906, in rural Palmyra, a daughter of Virgil Edwin and Grace Helen Waide Lovelace. On April 30, 1927, in New London, she married Aubrey L. Young. He preceded her in death on March 10, 1976.
     Mrs. Young attended Palmyra High School and LaGrange College. She was of the Baptist faith.
     Survivors include two sons, Lee (and Vera) Young, Ft. Madison, Iowa, and Jerald (and Donna) Young, Overland, Mo.; two daughters, Audrey (and Gene) Spitznagel, Lemay, Mo., and Ethel (and Myrne) Riley, Bountiful, Utah; 14 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren; one sister, Carol (and Bob) Lovelace, Quincy, Ill.; nieces and nephews.
     In addition to her husband, her parents, two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
     Visitation will be held on Monday, Dec. 16, from 9:30 until 11 a.m., at Pickering Funeral Home in Mexico. Funeral services will be on Monday at 11 a.m. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park.
     Memorials in her memory may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.