Miriam B. Young, 101, of Harmony died at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Evergreen Nursing Center after a short illness.

Born Nov. 19, 1904, in Chambersburg, she was the daughter of William Phillip and Evelyn S. Hull Britsch.

She moved to Philadelphia when young and obtained a nursing degree at Chestnut Hill Hospital. She married Dr. W.W. Young III and they went to New Brunswick, Canada, in 1929, where she assisted her husband in his medical practice. They were the only medical care available within a 50-mile radius and in the winter many calls were made on snowshoes or by horse and sleigh.

After returning to the states and living in Philadelphia for some years, they moved to Butler, where Dr. Young worked at Deshon Hospital and Mrs. Young was an office nurse for Dr. Robert Hunt. She did volunteer work for the Public Health Department.

They then moved to Chillicothe, Ohio.

Dr. Young died in 1974 and Mrs. Young returned to the Butler area to be near her family. She lived with her daughter until going to Evergreen.

Mrs. Young was an avid duplicate bridge player. While accompanying her husband to England in the 1960s on a lecture engagement, she had an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, an honor she never forgot.

Surviving are a daughter, Miriam "Mimi" McCaslin of Eau Claire; a son, William W. Young IV and his wife, Jane, of Beaver Falls; five grandchildren, Ruth Ann Dunmyre of Aurora, Col., Kathy Hart of East Liverpool, Ohio, David Dunmyre of Butler, William W. Young V of Rogers, Ohio, and Michael Young of Ohio; and eight great-grandchildren.

As the last surviving member of her immediate family, she was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.

YOUNG — Burial for Miriam B. Young, who died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006, will be at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. A memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family.Arrangements are being handled by the YOUNG FUNERAL HOME and information is available at www.youngfuneralhomes.com.