Verena (Rena) E. Young passed away peacefully at Carthage Area Hospital in the early morning hours of Friday, May, 21, 2021 after a prolonged and valiant struggle to recover from a serious stroke.
She was born December 12, 1925, the only daughter in a family of seven to Fred and Ethel Smiley in Cochrane, Ont. Canada.
She was educated in the Canadian Public Schools and after deciding on a career in business she enrolled and graduated from Shaw Business School and then attended the University of Toronto, working towards her CPA.
While working in Toronto and enjoying tennis, photography, horseback riding, birding and skiing in the Laurentian Mountains, she met her future husband John E. G. Young who had been recruited in England by Avro Canada to work on the Arrow fighter plane. They were married in October of 1959.
SATURDAY, MAY 29
VIRTUAL STORY TIME EVENT: RENEE FELICE SMITH IN CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS GABRIEL hosted live on Crowdcast by An Unlikely Story Bookstore & Cafe of Plainville. 1 p.m. Authors will read their new picture book Hugo and the Impossible Thing. Sign up for free: anunlikelystory.com/event/smith-gabriel
FRANKLIN S MEMORIAL DAY FOOD TRUCK & LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL downtown Franklin. 5-10 p.m. General admission tickets $20 per day (also on May 30). Musical entertainment: 5 p.m., Racky Thomas; 6 p.m., Kaye Kelly; 7 p.m., Ken DoRosario; 8:30 p.m., Diane Blue. Food trucks include Caribbean Press, Pangea Cuisines and Larry Joes New England Fire Pit.
Editor’s note: many of the organs mentioned in this article can be found with stoplists and pictures at the website of the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Lincoln College Student Crosses Commencement Stage at Age of 97
William Bill Gossett Earns Associate of Arts Degree
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LINCOLN, Ill., May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/
William Bill Gossett was honored with an Associate of Arts degree at Lincoln College s Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 8 in Lincoln, Illinois at the age of 97.
Gossett is a U.S. Army veteran, community leader and volunteer, outstanding Lincoln College supporter, and a successful retired businessman.
Lincoln College President David Gerlach pictured with William Bill Gossett at Commencement.
Gossett first came to Lincoln College in 1941 for his education, before transferring to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His educational journey was cut short upon learning of the attacks on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. Gossett swiftly put his life on hold to serve in the United States Army Air Corps in the U.S. and Europe from 1943 to 1946, during the height of Wor