Tenth Generation

20249. Patti Willis was born on 19 October 1928 in Live Oak, Bexar Co., TX.⁴⁷¹⁹⁰ Patti died in Boerne, Kendall Co., TX on 5 March 2012 and a memorial service was held on 10 March 2012 at St. Marks Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX.^47191,47192

Obituary, The San Antonio Express-News, Wed., Mar. 7, 2010

Patti Willis Young, age 83 of Boerne passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012. 

She was a lifelong Episcopalian confirmed at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, San Antonio. Patti was an alto in many church choirs and most recently at St. Mark’s. 

She was a beloved math teacher for many years and later became a CPA. 

Patti always saw the positive side of people and was never afraid of change. She was passionate about her politics, and her lifelong friendships were very important to her. 

Patti loved traveling, classical music and opera, and volunteered for several years at the San Antonio Christian Dental Clinic. 

She was a wonderful wife and mother who adored her family. 

Patti was preceded in death by her parents, Waid Scott Willis and Ollie Coffee Willis Arnot; husband, Elbert Clifford “Bert” Young, Jr., and brother, Waid Scott Willis, Jr. 

She is survived by her daughter, Molly Houck and husband, Louie; son, Paul Harvey Young and wife, Sharon; grandchildren, Ben Houck and Lori, Beth Houck Hawkins and Aaron, Heather Ollie Young; and great-grandchildren, Katie, Charlie, Audie, Grey, Savannah and Tristan. 

MEMORIAL SERVICE SATURDAY MARCH 10, 2012 2:00 P.M. ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 315 E. PECAN The Reverend Jonathan Wickham and The Reverend Phillip Stevenson officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the St. Cecilia Guild at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 315 E. Pecan, San Antonio, TX 78205, San Antonio Christian Dental Clinic, 112 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio, TX 78205, or to Habitat for Humanity, 311 Probant, San Antonio, TX 78204.

Patti Willis and Elbert Clifford "Bert" Young Jr. were married circa 1950. Elbert Clifford "Bert" Young Jr., son of Elbert Clifford Young and Ida Irene Wilson, was born on 9 November 1927 in Brady, McCulloch Co., TX.⁴⁷¹⁹³ Elbert died in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX on 10 September 2004 and remains were probably cremated. In San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX at 315 Pecan St. on 13 September 2004.⁴⁷¹⁹⁴

Obituary, The San Antonio Express-News, Mon., Sep. 13, 2004

Elbert Clifford 'Bert' Young, Jr., age 76, died gently at home on Friday September 10, 2004.

Bert was born in Brady, TX on November 9, 1927 to Elbert Clifford and Irene Wilson Young. He graduated from Ingleside High School in 1945 and received a full athletic scholarship to Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX. After a semester, he enlisted in the Army and served in Europe for 19 months in Special Services. He played the trumpet in the 1st Division Army Band, and played football, basketball, and baseball for the Army in Europe. He then continued with full athletic scholarships at Trinity University in San Antonio and graduated in 1951.

Though Bert started his adult career as a South San High School coach, he spent over 50 years in the group health insurance business. He also was in the Naval Reserves for over 25 years.

As a young adult, he was confirmed in the Episcopal Church, which became the core of his spiritual life. His ministries in the church included choir, youth minister, vestry person, senior warden, lay reader, lay Eucharistic minister, and diocesan committees (Stewardship, Bishop's Deputy for Insurance, and the Executive Board for the Diocese of West Texas).

Bert was an avid golfer, and he loved to read, attend the opera in Santa Fe, and fly small planes for pleasure. He took great joy in his family and had fallen completely in love with his first great-granddaughter, Katie, who turned one year old this week.

He will be sorely missed by his wife of 54 years, Patti Willis Young; daughter, Molly Young Houck and her husband Lou; son, Paul Harvey Young and his wife, Sharon; grandchildren, Benjamin Paul Houck and his wife, Lori, Molly Elizabeth Houck Hawkins and her husband, Aaron, and Heather Ollie Young; and great-granddaughter, Katherine Marie Houck.

The family is extremely grateful to Vitas Hospice for the loving care they provided Bert.

MEMORIAL SERVICE
MONDAY 4:00 P.M. 
ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 
315 E. PECAN

The Rev. Michael Chalk and the Rev. Phillip Stevenson officiating.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, St. Boniface Episcopal Church in Comfort, TX, or to the charity of your choice.

Arrangements with Porter Loring Mortuary.

Patti Willis and Elbert Clifford "Bert" Young Jr. had the following children: