OBITUARY

 

JOANNE YOUNG

Joanne Young, 56, passed away suddenly at her home in St. Catharines on September 11, 2025.

Dear daughter of the late Alfred Young and Verna (Krugel) Young. Cherished sister of Sandra Farrow (Vic), Bill Young (Cheryl), Darlene Kosonic, Yvonne Yarker, and Carol Young (Donna). Loving niece of Rose Wright and Helen Young. She also will be dearly missed by nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends.

Besides her father, Joanne is predeceased by her grandparents Charles and Ruby Young and John and Dorothy Krugel, uncles Ron Wright, Gordon Young, and John Krugel, and aunt Marion Krugel.

Joanne grew up on a farm outside of Monkton, Ontario where she developed her love of gardening and nature. After graduating from Niagara College as a horticulturist, Joanne worked as a garden designer and consultant for over 35 years at various garden centres and landscaping businesses in the Niagara area. During this time, she created thousands of landscape designs for both commercial and residential properties. In 2020, Joanne started her own business as a garden coach. She loved talking to people about their gardens and helping them make their dream gardens become a reality. Over the years, Joanne volunteered her time creating and maintaining community gardens in the Niagara area, writing the gardening column “Growing Together” for the Lake Report, and decorating houses for the Rotary Club of Holiday House Tour. Joanne was a life member and past president of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Horticultural Society. She greatly enjoyed sharing her horticultural knowledge and expertise through her classes, workshops, and presentations, inspiring both experienced and novice gardeners. When not gardening, Joanne could be found in nature with a camera capturing the beauty of God’s creation.

Joanne lived a life rooted in faith, devoted to Christ, and guided by the teachings of the Bible. An active member of The Gate Alliance Church in Niagara Falls, her unwavering faith and service were especially evident at Bible studies, during coffee and church dinners, in the church’s prayer garden, and through the many seasonal displays she created in and around the church. Joanne taught everyone around her, by example, how to live a life with kindness, strength, laughter, humility, forgiveness, and grace. She reflected God’s love in everything she did and we are better because we knew her.

Friends will be received at the Lockhart Funeral Home, 109 Montreal St., Mitchell on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 from 2:30-4 and 6-8 p.m. where the funeral service will be held on Thursday, September 18 at 11:00 a.m. Interment in Woodland Cemetery. A reception will follow the funeral service at the Lockhart Reception Centre. Memorial donations to The Gate Alliance Church, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Horticultural Society, or one's choice may be made at LockhartFuneralHome.com.