Mary "Marie" Casey-Young

TORRINGTON, WY..... A memorial service for MARY JANE (MARIE) CASEY-YOUNG, 98, will be held on Friday January 2, 2009 at 2pm at All Saints Episcopal Church in Torrington, Wyoming with The Reverend Kay R. Young, and The Reverend Mary Jellison officiating. In lieu of flowers please send memorial contributions to Evergreen Court in memory of Marie Young. Cremation has taken place. Marie died on December 29, 2008 at Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com She was born at home on August 26, 1910 to Simon Joseph and Mollie (Tscharner) Casey in Bassett, Nebraska. Marie graduated from Rock Co. High School in 1927. She left Bassett with three friends and hitchhiked over the western half of the states to California. Marie returned to Bassett, then left immediately to attend a school of cosmetology in Omaha, Nebraska. Upon completion of her work she received a degree. Marie and her friends made another long expedition to the West Coast and stopped in Wyoming to work, where she met Cappy Young for the second time, the first having been on her graduation night from high school, 9 years prior. Marie and LeRoy (Cappy) Young married in 1937 in Lander, Wyoming. From there they moved to Bassett where she worked at Onie Richards Beauty Shop. The couple had four children; Kay, Michel, Mary Jane, and Robert. The family moved to Riverton, Wyoming in 1950 where Marie owned and operated Marie Young’s Beauty Salon in her home for the next 52 years. At the age of 92, she moved to Torrington, Wyoming and lived at Evergreen Court until her recent illness. She enjoyed books and was an avid reader. She loved to get out and walk and also travel. Marie was a licensed cosmetologist in Nebraska and Wyoming. Survivors include her children Kay Young of Cincinnati, OH, Mary Jane (Robert) Lewis of Torrington, WY, Michel (Mary) Young of Lander, WY, and Robert (Kati) Young of Costa Rica, grandchildren Jeff and Adonis Young, Eric, Tim, and Patrick Lewis, Bryan, Stuart, Morris, Benjamin, and Darcianne Simms, Colby Erickson, Ondi Shepperson, great grandchildren Delaney, Sadie Marie, Quincy, and Oakley Young, Amanda, Brandi, TJ, Alishia, Tanner, Bradie, Courtney, and Whitney Lewis, Aaron, Casey Cassius, Benjamin, Michael, Lianna, Rachael, Neal, Delaney, Collin, Samantha, Ethan, and Ellie Simms, Shawn, Lauren, and Shana Shepperson, Rilee, Katie, and Kolbie Erickson. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband LeRoy, two grandsons Steve Young and Chris Lewis, and her sister Katherine Thompson.