Pearl YOUNG

Passed away peacefully surrounded by family on August 30, 2022, at the age of 89. Born in Stratford, Ontario, on October 11, 1932, Pearl married George Bear on October 17, 1954, and moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she and George had four children. Following George's untimely passing in May of 1964, Pearl remarried to W. Joseph Young on November 13, 1966. The new family relocated back to Port Colborne, Ontario, where Pearl and Joe ran Young Bros. Garage before opening Clean in Comfort Carwash and Computers by Young Bros. Over the years, Pearl and Joe were grateful to welcome ten grandchildren and more recently, seventeen great-grandchildren.

Pearl was a devoted wife and a beloved mother and grandmother. Many of her children and grandchildren inherited her affection for animals and her love of reading, and her playful sense of humour will be dearly missed. Pearl also modelled an extraordinary if quiet resilience in the face of great personal tragedy following the loss of George and later her daughter Carolyn in April of 1999.

Pearl is survived by her loving husband, her children Jeanne (Michael) Bankert, Brian (Linda) Young, and Alice Young, her son-in-law Udo Schafer, her grandchildren Erich (Melissa) Schafer, Rory (Sara) Schafer, Devan Schafer, Nathan (Bryanne) Schafer, Samantha (John Sedig), Philip Bankert, Emily (Matthew) Near, Katie (Josh) Looyestein, Rachel (Mackenzie) Gifford, Greg (Jenna) Young and her great grandchildren. Pearl is also survived by her sisters and brothers-in-law Fern Roth, Mildred Roth, Robert Young, David and Ferne Young, Sam and Bernice Young, Esther Flory, Dan and Lois Young, Robert Bear, Phoebe Bear, and Julie and Harold Roth.

Pearl is predeceased by her parents, John and Hettie (Gingerich) Roth, her first husband, George Bear, her daughter Carolyn Schafer, and her siblings, Francis Roth, Earl Roth, Mary (Walter) Jantzi, Shirley Young, and Marjorie (Paul) Fehrman.

The family would like to thank the staff at Stratford Perth Rotary Hospice for the excellent care Pearl received there in her final days.

The Young family will receive visitors at the DAVIDSON FUNERAL HOME, 135 Clarence Street, Port Colborne on Saturday, September 3, 2022 from 6-8 p.m. and Sunday, September 4, 2022 from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service at 10:30 a.m. in the Davidson Chapel. Burial will follow at the Reformed Mennonite Cemetery in Stevensville. In lieu of flowers, donations to Toronto Sick Kids Hospital or the Rotary Hospice Stratford Perth would be appreciated.

Online guest register and condolences are available at www.davidsonfuneralhome.com