Mary Ann Young

Mary Ann Young, age 86, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2026. She was born December 31, 1939 in Pineville, KY to the late Walter and Rose (Johnson) Hubbard. She married the love of her life, Orvel Young, Sr., in Jonesville, VA on February 25, 1961, and together they built a family rooted in love, faith, and selfless devotion. To know Mary was to know grace in its purest form. Her family and friends affectionately called her “Saint Mary” — a name she earned not through ease, but through decades of quiet endurance, unwavering faith, and a giving spirit that never ran dry. She bore life’s difficulties with remarkable patience and rarely uttered a word of complaint, choosing instead to pour every ounce of herself into the people she loved. Mary was a devoted and lifelong member of her church, where her faith was not simply practiced on Sundays but lived out every single day. She believed deeply, trusted completely, and let that faith guide everything she did. She had a particular and boundless love for children. Whether they were her own, her grandchildren, her great-grandchildren, or children she encountered beyond her family’s doorstep, Mary lit up in their presence. She gave to them freely and joyfully — her time, her resources, her heart — right up until her final days. For decades she cleaned the homes of others, quiet and dignified work that she performed not for recognition, but to provide for her family and extend a helping hand to those around her, including her beloved sister Ina. Mary is survived by her husband of 65 years, Orvel Young, Sr.; her three children James Robert (Beverly) Young, Bill (Cindy) Young, and Darryl Wayne (Christelle) Young; seven grandchildren Anna, James, Matt, Lucas, Logan, Lily, and Adam; five great-grandchildren Colton, Caden, Cooper, Emmitt, and Lilliana; and her sister Ina Rose Letner. She was also survived by many other family members and friends whose lives she touched in ways large and small. Mary was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Sue Hubbard and Barbara Hendrickson. Visitation and funeral service will be held at Tree of Life Church, 6477 Cooper Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242, Monday June 22, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, with Pastor Joel Urshan officiating. Following the service, Mary will be cremated. In keeping with her lifelong love for her sister, her ashes will be brought to Somerset, Kentucky, so that her beloved sister Ina Rose Letner may have the opportunity to say goodbye — a final act of devotion from a family that loved them both. Mary’s ashes will then be interred at Rest Haven Memorial Park in Blue Ash, Ohio, at a date to be determined by the immediate family. Online condolences may be left at www.weigelfuneralhome.com. “She gave everything she had, and then found a little more to give.”

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Mary Ann Young

December 31, 1939 - June 14, 2026