Marie Frances Young

Marie Frances "Jo" Young, 85, of Lancaster, formerly of Coatesville and Kennett Square, passed away on Monday, July 25, 2022 at Neffsville Nursing and Rehabilitation of Lancaster. She was the widow of the late Graham Fairbanks Young who died in 2015. They shared 60 years of marriage together. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of the late Paul Bryson, Sr. and Eva McLaughlin Bryson.

Jo was a Chester County resident most of her life and a 1954 graduate of the former Scott High School in Coatesville. She was employed for 20 years by Thompson Roses of Kennett Square, PA.

In 1961 she became a member of Christ's Chapel Full Gospel Church of Parkesburg where she served as a Sunday School Teacher from 1965 into the 1970s, Prayer Chain Leader and church trustee from 2005-2007. She was also a member of the first graduating class of the Full Gospel Bible Institute in 1965. In 1989, she received her Ministerial License from Full Gospel Assemblies as a licensed Layminister.

She is survived by her two daughters, Candace E. Malchione, wife of David, of Kennett Square and Lori Foster and husband Jeff, of Kennett Square, four grandchildren: Theresa Malchione and David Malchione and wife Lauren, Salina Foster and Jessica Dominguez and husband Angel, three great-grandchildren, Gweneth Malchione, Tony Malchione and Amaia Dominguez and one brother Timothy Bryson of Ephrata, PA. She was preceded in death by four siblings; Betty Stewart, Shirley Miller, Thomas Bryson and Paul Bryson, Jr.

Funeral services will be private at the convenience of the family.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg.  Online condolences can be posted at www.wildefuneralhome.com