Annie E. Young, church and community leader, longtime city worker, and entrepreneur, has died at 102

Daily News | Annie E. Young, church and community leader, longtime city worker, and entrepreneur, has died at 102

Annie E. Young, 102, of Philadelphia, energetic church and community leader, longtime city employee, and creative entrepreneur, died Sunday, Oct. 23, from complications of dementia at her home.

She worked for the city in the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s as a school monitor at Robert E. Lamberton High School, and custodial worker at Philadelphia International Airport. Assigned to clean only restrooms at first, Mrs. Young challenged the notion that women could not handle the buffers and other heavy equipment used in the airport concourses and became the first woman in the union to assume that role. She retired in 1983.

An expert seamstress and tireless cook, Mrs. Young made curtains and clothes for herself and her family, reupholstered furniture, knitted and crocheted sweaters and hats, canned food, and whipped up meals and cakes that were in such demand that she had side jobs of catering and selling her cakes. She also repaired the church ushers’ uniforms.

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