Peacefully, with her granddaughter by her side, after a valiant fight with cancer, on Sunday, April 25, 2010, of St. Marys, in her 69th year, Pat stepped into the loving arms of Jesus. Cherished wife of Bob. Dearly loved mother of Rob Young and Aida Van Wees of Windsor, Shellie and Daryl Wilson of Brampton, Cathy Young and Dwayne Brown of London and precious granddaughter Miranda at home. Loving Nana to Brennan, Jordan, Schuyler, PJ (The Wee Man), Corvin, Carissa and Cieaira. Predeceased by her two beautiful sons Steven and Scott. Beloved sister of Bob and Murielle of New Brunswick, Ron and Betty Anne of London, Ross and Henriette of British Columbia, Sandy and Gary of St. Thomas, Barbara and Ray of Cherry Grove and John and Blanche of Ilderton.
Friends may call at the Haskett Funeral Home, 223 Main Street, Lucan on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. A Celebration of Pat’s life will take place on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 11 AM at Community Bible Church, 24294 Adelaide Street North, RR 3 Lucan (Hwy 7 at Adelaide St.), with Pastor Doug Loveday officiating, where Pat was so dearly cherished by her church family. Cremation, followed by interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, London.
In lieu of flowers, Pat has requested that donations be made toward the post secondary education of her granddaughter Miranda who is attending St. Stephens University, NB.
Patricia (Saunders) Young
Don and Margaret (Schendera) Watt
Bob and family: Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this very sad time.
Didi Johnson
Dear Miranda,
I didn’t know you very well at school, but I saw the love you had for your friends and the way they loved you. I pray for comfort for you and your family. You are loved. Be blessed.
April Bauman
Miranda,
Thinking of you and your family at this time. Your Grandmother was a very special woman and will be greatly missed. Wishing I could be there to give you a great big hug, but know that you are in our prayers and thoughts. May you feel his great peace and know that your Grandmother is no longer in pain. May this be a special time for you and your family. Love you lots.
Nancy Nelson {Leslie}
Sorry to hear she is gone, she was awesome lady, had fun going to visit her when i was young and letting me hang out with her daughter Shelly and going swimming. I am sorry that i can not be at the wake or funeral. She was always happy person. I really liked getting to know her while i was growing up. I will always keep her in my prayers.
Tammy Adkin, Shane Roberts, Amanda and Ian
We will always remember Pat with great fondness as a wonderful neighbour, a great hostess, and a trusted friend. May she rest in peace.
Bob and Miranda, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Don and Heather Benner
Dear Bob and Family: Our sincere sympathy on the loss of a lovely wife, mother, and grandmother.I truly enjoyed my chats with Pat and getting to know her through the St. Marys Childrens Choir.Our hearts and hugs to all!
Mark and Kevin
Shellie,
Sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
John & Colleen Bice
Bob & Family,
Sorry to hear of Pat’s passing. We are praying that you will experience the Lord’s peace through this trying time and His assurance that Pat is right there with Him. God bless.
Nancy Hudson
Bob & Family
I wish to extend my sincere sympathy to you and the family on your loss. Pat was alway such a positive bubbly person. She alway seemed happy even though life handed her some pretty crappy things. I am sorry I am unable to make it to the visitation or funeral.
Know you are in my prayers
Sincerely
Nancy Hudson
FROM BERNIE & MARG AVERY
TO BOB & FAMILY
SO VERY SORRY TO HEAR OF PATS PASSING
GONE TOO SOON,GONE TOO YOUNG
MY GOD BE WITH YOU AT THIS TIME
paul and valerie robitaille
Our feelings of sadness on hearing pat passed on in life,we truly believe there is an angel looking over the people that were very fortunate to meet a person like Pat.Our deepest sympathy to the Young family.
always missed but never forgotten
GOD BLESS
Cec & Sheila Hodgins
Bob & family,
So very sorry to hear of your loss and our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. God Bless!
Kendall Kadatz
Miranda, praying that God is your strength in this time.
Dr. Larry and Patsy Joosse
My sympathy to Pat’s family, it is sad to thing of all that she had to endure but she truly exemplified a grace filled walk with her Saviour and now as always she in her Lord’s care. We enjoyed the times she would drop in and visit us as we worked in our garden. I also got to know Pat when I tended to her pets on a professional basis especially Snowball. Her strong faith is an example for all of us. She always trusted God enough though she a number of challenges and very sad things to deal with in her life. She will be missed but she truly touched many lifes and encouraged us to see and experience the joy that comes with a Christian’s pilgrimage.
May God bless you all and give you peace in this time of sorrow, and time of celebration of a life well lived. May we all see Pat again some day.
Sincerely,
Larry Joosse
Arlene Callender
To Bob and family, I was lucky to get to know her when she lead
our prayer group. She was a lovely lady and will be missed.
Arlene Callender
Gary & Marg Cumming
To Bob and the Young family and to Gary & Sandy Potter and the Saunders families: Our condolences to all. No one deserves more than Pat to walk with the lord in peace and comfort. Our thoughts are with you all.
Dave and Betty Versteegh
To the Entire Saunders Family:
At this difficult time, may you find the strengh to celebrate the life of Pat and may your sadness and grief be replaced with the joy that comes from all the wonderful memories you’ve shared. She was a beauiful person. Many thoughts are with all of you now.
Dave and Betty Versteegh and family
Clarke, Patrick & Angela
Bob and family.
Very sorry to read of Pat’s death. Hope her passing was peaceful and that she is in a better place, pain free now.
Be assured of our prayers for you all.
God Bless
Patrick and Angela
Jim &Angela Murdock
Bob & family, Sandy & Gary,
Our most sincere thoughts and prayers are with you during your time of sorrow. We have such strong memories of the wonderful spirit that lived within Pat .Her strength and positive attitude was a fine example for all to model. The good Lord has welcomed one of His best home! May His peace also comfort all of you.
Love and Blessings from the Murdock’s
Caroline & Patrick Payne
To Lori and to all the Saunders’ and Young Family,
There really are no words that anyone can say that can take away the hurt and instant loneliness that comes from the loss of a loved one. Even when it is expected, and even when it is welcomed as an end to pain. Even when you know your loved one is now with God and they have been renewed. Even when you know they are at peace; it still hurts. Just know that we are thinking of you and praying for you; that God will bring you His comfort and strength and also His peace, the kind of peace only He can give; peace that surpasses all understanding. You have our heartfelt sympathy.
Laura and Spencer Curtis
So sorry to hear, that Aunt Pat has passed away. She was one of my favorite Aunts,even if I didn`t get to see her, Hard after your parents Divorce ,to keep intouch with all family, She was a lovely and caring person, Remember many good times, at your house in Thorndale, Swimming in the big pool, being teased by Scott and Rob., Playing in the room, of the living room with Shellie. Aunt Pat always made you welcome ,and was always doing fun things with us. She is now in a place ,where she is no longer in pain.With her two boys, and her parents. Bless you Aunt Pat,soon you`ll hear some bells, when she gets her Angels Wings. If she already doesn`t have them,since she was a true angel on earth.
Lots of Love and Hugs to you all, Laura and Spencer Curtis
Ronalee Porter
Dear Bob and family.
It has been a long journey for all of you, but especially Pat. We rejoice that she is alive again with her Heavenly Father and those family members who went before her. Her reward which we all strive for on earth has begun, the reward of Eternal Life, where she is free from pain and sorrow. Please know she will still be with you all in “Spirit”, looking after you all as she always has. And until your Spirits are all reunited once again, give thanks for the life and love she gave to you all. You have all been blessed. Love Ronalee
Brian & Beth (Henderson) McCabe
Bob & Family~
I am sorry to hear about Pat’s journey over the past few years – it has been one of faith and endurance. She was a woman of inspiration and a beautiful spirit. I hold fond memories of visiting you and always made to feel welcome – you both have a gift for that. Pat continues to live in the lives of your children and the hearts of all of those she touched.
God bless and surround you in the days ahead.
Brian & Beth
Jane (ne Distelmeyer)and Dominic Petruzzi
Our Heart felt sorrow and Prayers go out to all your family, Bob. I have nothing but fond memories of Pat., you and your family when you were in Mississauga.It was great to have reconnected with Pat at Sandy and Gary’s last summer. Pat will be sadly missed by all.
Jane and Ewart Chambers
Bob !
To you and your Family, Jane and I offer our Condolences at this time. It is hard to know what to say,but our thoughts and prayers are with you and your Family.
God bless you and your Family and take comfort knowing that Pat is at pease and not having to suffer any more.
Jane and Ewart Chambers
Sheila Brooks
Dear Miranda,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I am grateful you were able to be with your grandma. Please know we are holding you close in our hearts and look forward to seeing you in the fall.
Hugs, Sheila
“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.”
Psalm 116:15
Jackie and Reta Arnold
Dear Bob and Family
Sorry to hear about your loss. Pat was a wonderful lady. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all during this time.
Rest In Peace
Harry and Jean Hardy
Our Sincere Sympathy
Our thoughts are with your Families.
Peter and Mary Ellen Fitch
Miranda, our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Diane and Mike O'Shea
Our sincere sympathy to the Young family. We so enjoyed Pat’s light and life through association with the St. Mary’s Children’s Choir and more at the St. Mary’s Farmers’ Market. Such a lovely, gracious lady. Her cheerfulness will be missed!
Raymond Funk
Miranda, much love and heartfelt prayer to you and your family. I am so glad you were able to spend time at home, to be in the presence of your grandmother whom you have loved so much and have been loved by so much. Know that we we love you and grieve with you.
Gregg Finley
Miranda: May the Peace of Jesus be with you as you hold your grandmother, Patricia (Saundrers) Young in your heart. Please know that the SSU Community mourns with you. Because you hurt, we hurt. Because you grieve, we grieve. Our prayers and our sadness are held up to heaven for you, knowing that God’s love will dry the tears and His Grace will restore your hope or a new day.
Janet McCarthy
I loved you Aunt Pat. I am so relieved that your pain is over now. Rest In Peace!
Peter Davids
It is so sad when someone who has lived so well passes away at a relatively young age. My prayers are with each in the family, especially Miranda, whom I know, for, despite the knowledge that Pat is without pain and suffering in the presence of Jesus, you will rightly miss her presence – she is absent from you. We grieve along with you. May that same Jesus who has wiped away her pain be close to you and comfort you at this time of loss.
The Rev. Prof. Peter H. Davids
Rachael Barham
For Miranda: I am so sorry to hear about your grandmother, and just glad that you got this time to be back with her. Thinking of you…
XXX Rachael
Judith Lee Davids
Dear Miranda and the Young family,
Peter and I send our sympathy to you and your family. We pray that the Lord will comfort your hearts at this time of sadness. May His peace surround each one of you at this time.
The Lord is your shepherd;
Even when you walk through the dark valley of death,
May you not be afraid, for He is close beside you,
His rod and His staff will protect you and comfort you.
With our love and prayers,
Peter and Judy Davids
Doris Patterson
Bob & Family,
My thoughts & sympathy are with you all at this difficult time. Our angel Pat touched so many lives and will be sadly missed by all who had the good fortune of knowing her. No more pain. Keep her memory alive.