Obituary
YOUNG, A. LAURENCE - The death of Andrew Laurence Young of York Point, Saint John, New Brunswick, husband of Muriel Evelyn (Beth) (Teed) Young, occurred on Sunday, January 20, 2002 at the Saint John Regional Hospital. Born in 1910 in Edinburgh, Scotland, he was the son of the late Provost Thomas E. Young W.S. and Mrs. Agnes (MacDougal) Young of Auchterarder, Perthshire. Educated at Edinburgh Academy, he had a wide ranging career in transportation. After working with a shipping company in Glasgow and another in Bordeau, France, he went to Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. In 1938, he joined Imperial Airways, which is now British Airways, and acted as Manager in various areas of the Middle East-Iraq, the Nile, and the Horn of Africa. In 1946, he was invited to join the International Air Transport Association to organize Traffic activities of that Association's Head Office which was being set up in Montreal. In 1954, he became the Association's Corporate Secretary where he had contact with the heads of the world's major airlines. He continued in that capacity until his retirement in 1971. On retirement, he moved to Hampton, New Brunswick where he was involved in numerous activities such as politics, scouting, Red Cross and Hampton Presbyterian Church. He came to York Point. Saint John, in 1987 and became a member of the Church of St. John and St. Stephen. He was a member of the New Brunswick Historical Society, New Brunswick United Empire Loyalist Association, New Brunswick Museum, PROBUS, and the St. Andrew's Society of Saint John. He was also a member of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, the Edinburgh Academical Club, the BOAT Club (Retired British Airways Executives), Association of IATA Retirees, and the Traveler's Century Club, (Which comprises those who have traveled to more than 100 countries). After his retirement, he continued his interest in international travel and, with his wife, visited places where his work had not taken him such as by rail through Eastern Europe on the Orient Express, from Siberia into China by the Moscow/Beijing Express, and to the centre of Australia as well as on rivers such as the Danube, Volga, Yangtze and Amazon. Both Laurence and his wife were interested in children and through participation in the Foster Parent Plan cared for children in the Far East. He is survived by his wife, three sons; Ian of Ottawa, Ontario , Tom of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Kenneth of Calgary, Alberta, and one daughter, Nancy (Mrs. R.D. Henderson) of Calgary, Alberta, and eleven grandchildren. He was predeceased by one son, Andrew, and one daughter Margaret (Mrs. D. Wright). Resting at Brenan's Select Community Funeral Home, 111 Paradise Row, Saint John, New Brunswick (506-634-7424) with visitation on Wednesday, 2-4 and 7-9 PM. The funeral service will be held from the Church of St. John and St. Stephen, Coburg Street, Saint John, on Thursday, January 24, 2002 at 11:00 am. Interment will be at Lower Norton Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
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1910 - 2002 (91 years)
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