MARTHA A. YOUNG OF 903 SOUTH MAIN ST. COLUMBIANA, DIED AT BLOSSOM NURSING HOME ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2008. IN ADDITION TO BEING A WIFE AND MOTHER, MRS YOUNG WORKED IN RETAIL CLOTHING AND AS A CASHIER FOR VARIOUS STORES. SHE IS BEST KNOWN IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY AND THE STATE OF OHIO FOR THE WORK SHE DID PROMOTING COMPETITIVE BATON TWIRLNG AND CONDUCTING MISS MAJORETTE OF OHIO PAGEANTS. MRS. YOUNG WAS BORN DECEMBER 15, 1926 IN CORAPOLIS, PA TO THE THE LATE JOSEPH AND LENA ANDERSON. SHE MOVED TO THE SALEM AREA IN 1941 AND THEN TO THE COLUMBIANA AREA IN 1987. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, OSCAR P. YOUNG WHOM SHE MARRIED IN 1988. SHE LEAVES TWO DAUGHTERS, KAREN GOROSKI OF SEATTLE WA., AND JUDY KUKLOCK OF SUFFOLK, VA., ONE SON, JAY DROTLEFF OF SALEM, OH., TWO GRAND-DAUGHTERS, REBEKAH MULLINS OF MT. VERNON, OHIO AND EMILY KALBACH OF PORTSMOUTH, VA, THREE GREAT GRANDSONS AND ONE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. MRS. YOUNG LEAVES FOUR SISTERS, JEANNIE GROVES, VIOLET MCGAFFIC, VIRGINIA MCCOY, AND LEONA LITTLE. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY TWO BROTHERS, JOSEPH ANDERSON AND HARRY ANDERSON. SHE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY FOUR BROTHERS, JAY, GEORGE, FRANCIS, AND JOHN ANDERSON AND ONE SISTER, HELEN GRABOSKI. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO ST. JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN COLUMBIANA.