Memorial Service for Betsy Young Set for Friday

Visitation and memorial services for Betsy Young, an Ocean City Intermediate School teacher, have been set for Thursday and Friday.

Friends may call Thursday evening (Sept. 1) from 5 to 7 p.m. and again Friday morning from 10 a.m. until the time of her Memorial Service at 11 a.m. All are at St. Peter's United Methodist Church, Eighth Street at Central Avenue. Burial will be private. 

Betsy Young, 50, passed away 1:30 a.m. Monday at Shore Memorial Hospital. Young had been evacuated from her home to the hospital as Hurricane Irene approached.

Friends and family are mourning the death of Young, a music teacher who developed close relationships with countless Ocean City students.

Young was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, and had her health had steadily declined over the past year. 

In her 13 years at the Intermediate School, Young touched many hearts teaching music. But her students said she was always more than a teacher -- she was a woman who opened her classroom door to anyone who had a problem.

Young would lend a helping hand and a listening ear in any time of need. Her bright smile and energetic manner could light up a room, and she shared her happiness with the students. 

Donations are being accepted through St. Peter's Church in Ocean City, memo Betsy Young. Monetary donations will fund the surviving family and existing medical bills. A benefit in late September will be held to support the family.

Young has two daughters: Rachael, an Ocean City 10th-grader, and Becky (a student at West Chester University). She was born on Feb. 20, 1961 in Upper Darby, PA.