Thomas Leo Young

Thomas Leo Young, age 88, of Lake Saint Louis, Missouri passed away on Thursday, August 1, 2024 in Lake Saint Louis, Missouri. He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri on June 30, 1936 to Harold and Edna Young (nee Orf). 

Thomas married Sherry Rose Young (nee Doyle) on January 30, 1960 at St. Dismas church in Florissant Missouri.

He had three children, 10 Grandchildren, and 11 Great grand children:

Wendy Marie is married to Tim Adrian, they blessed Thomas with six wonderful grandchildren, Jessica, Rachelle (Greg Waddle), David, John, Matthew, Michael, and three great-grandchildren Lily Josephina and Caeli Rose Waddle, and David Thomas Adrian.

Barry Thomas is married to Sue Rabbitt, they blessed Thomas with two grandchildren, Maddison (Randy Gieselman) and Thomas (Kristin), and five great-grandchildren Aimry Jayden, Broderick Edward, and Colson Reid Gieselman, Thomas Leo Young III, and Elliot Gregory Young.

Brenda Kay is married to Greg Knudtson. They blessed Thomas with two grandchildren, Andrew and Amy (Michael Reeb), and two great-grandchildren, Michael Christopher, Tristan Oliver, and Ivy Rose Reeb.

He leaves his siblings, Virginia Hays, Sandy (William) Smith, Richard (Chris) Young, and Larry Young.

Tom enjoyed painting. golf with his friends, children and grand children, traveling with his wife to exotic locations.  In his earlier years, he enjoyed sailing his 14 foot sailboat the USS Drag-bottom. He started camping with his wife and three children in 1968, visiting the many States and National Parks.  Toms sense of adventure and traveling was definitely passed on to his children and grandchildren.  

Tom Graduated from Kendrick Seminary and landed a job at McDonnell Douglas where he worked in the computer department drawing flow diagrams.  He taught himself computer programming and in 1966 was hired as the first staff member of the IT department at the Saint Louis Post Dispatch.  While there, Tom Installed the first computer systems and oversaw the design of computer systems to convert the financial, advertising and circulation operations from 1966 to 1971.  In later years Tom helped to automate the typesetting process, the most labor intensive process at the paper. he was constantly improving the IT architecture until the early 1980's.  The Post Dispatch joined a collaboration with other newspapers to publish the news via Compuserve.  The Post started running classified adds on Compuserve in real time.  Apparently people had better things to do than waiting for updates at the blazing fast speed of 2400 baud and the collaboration ended. Tom returned to the IT department where he continued to improve processes and equipment until his retirement in 1999.

Thomas will be missed, and today there will be a hole in a lot of hearts, but he will be with us always in our memories

He was preceded in death by his Wife, Sherry Rose Young; his father, Harold Martin Young; his mother, Edna Elizabeth Young; his brother-in-law, William Hays; sister-in-law, Georgia Young; 

Visitation will be from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm on Friday, August 16, 2024 at St. Peters Chapel, Newcomer Cremations, Funerals & Receptions, 837 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, St. Peters, Missouri 63376. Mass will be 10:30 am Saturday, August 17, 2024 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Dardene, 7701 Highway N, Dardenne Prairie, MO 63368. Interment will follow.

To share a memory of Thomas or leave a special message for his family, please visit the guestbook below.