Annabel M. Loren "Bunny" Young

Annabel M. Loren "Bunny" Young of Worthington and Friendship Village, died peacefully on Friday, February 8, 2008, in Kobacker House (Hospice), with her sister by her side. She had been fighting the effects of COPD for some years. Bunny was born June 18, 1924, and was preceded in death by her parents Grace M. and James M. Loren, Jr., and her only cousin Mary Jeffrey Shannon Strudwick of NY. She was the widow of Richard Edson Young, deceased 1983. She graduated from The Ohio State University in 1945 with a degree in journalism. She lived in Muncie, IN for 23 years, where Bunny and Dick raised their three children. She was a great mom, had a network of wonderful friends, and was a community volunteer for many years before returning to journalism to write for the Muncie Evening Press. She and Dick made their home in Wooster, OH, for several years before moving to Nagoya, Japan for Dick's job with Borg-Warner. Bunny and Dick retired to Worthington, OH, where she continued to write for the Chamber of Commerce, the Historical Society, and Delta Theta Phi national legal fraternity. She maintained a love of reading and writing her entire life. She enjoyed golf and ikebana as well as being a respectable bridge player. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae, Mortar Board Alumnae, Worthington Historical Society, Worthington Women's Club, Questers, and was a founding member of the Alzheimer's Disease Association Board of Trustees. She was a member of the Worthington Presbyterian Church, where her daughters were married. Annabel is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Jane L. and Cyrus Sedgwick, Columbus, OH; son and daughter-in-law, Andrew L. and Patrice V. Young, Kalispell, MT; daughters and sons-in-law, Anne L. and Russell C. Grimes, Jr., Kenilworth, IL, and Drs. Patricia Y. and Philip R. Kohls, Birchwood, MN; granddaughters, Sarah Loren and Abigail Anne Kohls, also of Birchwood, MN; sisters-in-law, Mrs. Clair (June) Young of Worthington, Mrs. William (Margie) Lee of Apple Valley, Mrs. Marilyn Young of Yellow Springs; and 13 nieces and nephews. Memorial services for Bunny will be at Friendship Village of Columbus, 5800 Forest Hills Blvd., on Saturday, February 16, at 1 p.m., with Rev. Amy Avery officiating. Family will welcome friends for refreshments after the service. Inurnment, along with the ashes of her husband Richard, will be in Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alzheimer Disease Research Initiative, P.O. Box 20213, Columbus, OH 43220-2590 or the Cat Welfare Association, 741 Wetmore Road, Columbus, OH 43214.