Sue M. Young
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Sue M. Young

  • December 24, 1923 - June 14, 2009
  • Spiro, Oklahoma
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“Ted and Lance, I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your Mother. I can so vividly recall her playing the piano in the old elementary school and...Read More » ”
1 of 10 | Posted by: Mona Autry - Stillwater, OK

“My sincere condolences.Bob Brinkley ”
2 of 10 | Posted by: Bob Brinkley - Cleveland, TN

“I'm so sorry for your loss. It's been a long time since I had music lessons, but I remember I couldn't wait until class. And even though I can't...Read More » ”
3 of 10 | Posted by: Charlotte Johnson Harper - Spiro, OK

“Mrs. Young was a wonderful music teacher. I always enjoyed going to music class and she made her students enjoy music. ”
4 of 10 | Posted by: Regina (Allbritton) Thompson - OK

“We were sorry to hear about your mother's passing. I have fond memories of her TRYING to teach me a little music and of watching her play the organ...Read More » ”
5 of 10 | Posted by: Bill and Angie Blankenship - OK

“Dear Ted,Death did not extinguish the light that was your Mom; it is like turning off a lamp because the dawn has broken. She was a wonderful...Read More » ”
6 of 10 | Posted by: Laurie Williamson - Houston, TX

“A most gracious and passionate lady, in every sense of the word. Her passion for music was contagious. I was ALWAYS anxious to attend my elementary...Read More » ”
7 of 10 | Posted by: Rhonda Underwood Poulson - Conway, AR

“Having been my Elementary Music teacher, she taught me early on a love for music and told me that it was the door that opened life and many of it's...Read More » ”
8 of 10 | Posted by: Mary Anderson Scroggins - OK

“I enjoy very fond memories of Mrs. Young. She taught me elementary music and later I was warmly welcomed as a guest in her house. Ted and Lance, I...Read More » ”
9 of 10 | Posted by: Terry W. Riggs - Poteau, OK

“My sincer condolences for your loss God be with you and your family ”
10 of 10 | Posted by: susan gragg - spiro, OK


Sue M. Young departed this life June 14, 2009, in Spiro, Oklahoma. She was born December 24, 1923, to Edward George (Ed) and Beulah (Blackman) (Bo) McClain. She loved her husband, her children, her job and her rural life. She also had had a lifelong love of playing and composing music.She graduated from Spiro High School in 1941, then attended Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma, transferred to the University of Oklahoma and graduated from OU in 1945 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music and Accounting. While at OU she was the secretary to the Dean of the OU Law School and the organist for the First Episcopal Church. She married Larry B. Young in Norman, Oklahoma on April 22, 1944.She began her career in education in a one-room schoolhouse on the outskirts of Tonkawa, Oklahoma in 1946 and then taught in Coolidge, Arizona for three years. Her tenure in the Spiro School System spanned from 1955 through 1984 where she taught commerce classes (typing, shorthand, booking and business law) and administered the grade school music program.She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Joshua McClain Young and her sister, Alice Jayne Rogers.She is survived by her husband of 65 years whom she said was the love of her life, Larry B. Young, Sr., three sons, Larry B. Young, Jr. and wife, Maylene of Poteau, Oklahoma, Ted Young and wife, Jeanne of Joplin, Missouri and Lance Young of Spiro, Oklahoma; three grandchildren, Jessica Sousa and husband, Phil of Republic, Missouri, John Young of Joplin, Missouri and Jennifer Uro and husband, Anthony of Wilmington, Delaware and five great grandchildren, Joshua and Linda Uro, Braxton, Brysta and Brayton Shatswell.