Theresa Young

YOUNG, Ms. Theresa Helena - Age 55, passed away Sunday, December 5, 2010 at Sparrow Hospital. Family hour 10:30AM Friday, December 10, 2010 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral service at 11AM. Eld. John Thornton officiating. Interment Sunset Hills Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 10:30AM Friday. Ms. Young will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, and may be viewed during the family hour from 10:30AM-11AM Friday. Ms. Theresa Helena Young was born January 20, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin and Elizabeth (Majors) Young. The oldest of four children, Theresa was a natural leader. She led her younger siblings into acts of mischief as a young child and into successful lives as a woman. She was raised in the Catholic Church for most of her young life where Theresa acquired a sense of service to her community. While in high school, she volunteered her time as a “Candy Striper”, at Hurley Hospital. Theresa graduated from Beecher High School in 1972 at which time she started a career in law enforcement, employed by the Flint Police Department as a liaison with the Community Police Office and later as a radio dispatcher for the Genesee County Sherriff’s Office. In addition to serving her community, she also served her country as a United States Army Reservist, receiving an Honorable Discharge on April 13, 1977. However, she desired to change careers and as such graduated from Mott Community College in 1982 with an Associate in Applied Science in Respiratory Therapy. Moving to Chicago, Theresa practiced as a Registered Respiratory Therapist in various medically underserved Chicago hospitals. Wanting to further her medical education and skills, she entered the Ravenswood School of Nursing in Chicago, graduating Salutatorian in 1991 as a diploma Registered Nurse. Upon graduation, Theresa went to work at Cook County Hospital as a Charge Nurse in Adult Emergency Services. She would go on to receive her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1997. Wanting to expand her horizons. She spent two years as a Nurse Clinician for the TB/STD Infection Control Department for the Cook County Jail. Once more, Theresa would go back to school, graduating from the Malcolm X College/Cook County Physician Assistant Program with an Associate in Applied Science. After working in the ER of Mt. Sinai as a PA, she moved to Connecticut, where she trained as a First Assist Physician Assistant in General Surgery. However, she missed the fast pace and patient interaction of emergency room care. Theresa returned to Chicago, back to the ER before leaving nursing in 2008. Theresa was an avid fan of the motion picture experience. She loved the movies and would often see two or three movies in a day when time permitted. But not only did she love watching movies, she enjoyed the back stories of the movies she saw and always purchased movie magazines and books on various topics. Theresa was a fan of authors, Stephen King and Anne Rice and anything “spooky.” She loved animals and was a mother to Ms. Kitty for 18 years. Theresa loved her family and friends and her generosity knew no bounds. She also enjoyed traveling and as such spent time in the Bahamas, Italy, Alaska and other destinations with family and friends. Ms. Theresa Helena Young is survived by: mother, Elizabeth Young: siblings, Rosalind and Alvin Young; niece, Brittanie Day; great aunt, Mrs. Ellen Clay; special friends, Debora Dukes and Paula Bauman; and several cousins. Ms. Young was preceded in death by her father, Alvin Young; and sister, Wendy Elaine Young.

Theresa Young

January 20, 1955 - December 5, 2010