Sonya B. Young

Here are some thoughts I wrote about Sonya for the tribute newsletter we did for her and a few pictures: 

        

                    

 

Thoughts of Sonya from Earlene April 2009

Sonya has always been such a sweetheart. When we received the telegram from Peru, letting us know that Sonya had been born on April 1, there was some joking about whether the fact that Marvin and Nadine had really had a girl might be an April Fool’s joke. I remember how cute she was as a little girl with her blonde hair, big smile and smattering of freckles. I always loved to play with Sonya and Marla- and their brothers, too, when they would come home to visit. When we lived in Florida they came to see us and I was really excited that Nadine was willing to let me make the girls some school dresses. Thinking back, I have to wonder how excited she was, with my beginning sewing skills.

Other than those occasional visits, I wasn’t with Sonya a lot as she grew up and married and started her own family, but I always have had a sense of wanting to be better whenever I’ve been with her or any of Marvin and Nadine’s family. The whole Marvin Brown family has always been about lots of love and generosity and that has continued into the Rob and Sonya Young family. When they moved to Logan we had more opportunities to spend a little time with them, though, sadly, we were much better at taking advantage of those opportunities at first than we have been lately. They have blessed our family a great deal with their love, examples and generosity. They opened their home to our whole kit and caboodle each time we had a daughter get married in the Logan temple (Kim, Amy and Sarah), voluntarily providing bed and board and a resting and visiting spot for any and all. In addition they took the wedding pictures for us on those occasions, being willing to come here for the receptions and refusing to accept any kind of recompense for sacrificing their time and sharing their talents.

Sonya always made sure everyone was well taken care of and feeling comfortable and happy and loved. She was so willing to put her own needs and her pain in the background as she served everyone around her. She couldn’t seem to do enough. I miss her, as I do the other wonderful family members who have gone ahead of us. What a glorious, multi-generational family reunion we will have one of these days!