Lynwood Scott "Scott" Young

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156186336
• Interesting: art
• Name: L. Scott Young
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80051
• Occupation: 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; artist - church painter

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St. Clements Roman Catholic Church

The walls and ceiling are covered by the intricate painting of the artist L. Scott Young. Young completed the work in 1948 and tragically died at the age of 38 in 1950 at Kitchener's St. Mary's Hospital following an operation for a ruptured appendix.

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Painter's daughter on mission to preserve his religious art

ST. CLEMENTS Standing in the St. Clements Roman Catholic Church, Joyce Young is surrounded by her long-lost father.

The historic church, about 20 minutes from Waterloo's downtown, is among numerous in Ontario and beyond painted by her father L. Scott Young and the last church he painted before dying suddenly of complications from a ruptured appendix at 37 when she was just weeks old.

"I've always been in awe of this church," Young said. "It really is a gem."

The art covering the sanctuary, including murals, stencilled walls and columns, statues and faux finishes, took two years to finish by the artist and his assistants from 1948 to 1950.

It's also one of the few churches where her father's brush strokes still adorn the sanctuary. Of the 27 churches in southern Ontario and a few in Thunder Bay he worked on, "only four churches still have work remaining in them."

Not only are the murals still intact in St. Clements, the art was restored in the mid-1990s....

Painter's daughter on mission to preserve his religious art. (2016). Therecord.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/6554963-painter-s-daughter-on-mission-to-preserve-his-religious-art/

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L Scott Young- Word has been received of the death of L Scott Young, son of the late Frank Young of Halifax, and grandson of the late C Milledge Young of Mahone Bay. Mr Young died at Kitchener, Ont, on March 12 following an operation after two days illness. He was 37 years of age. He was born at Mahone Bay and returned to the maritimes in 1936 after some years spent in the study of art. He was widely known as an interior decorator of churches and a mural artist. After the Second World War, he established a home and studio in Kitchener. He is survived by his wife and two small daughters, Joanne and Joyce.

(LPE of Wednesday, Mar 22 1950, pg 5))

Lynwood — Monica Ann Beaupre. Monica (daughter of Benjamin J. Beaupre and Mary Ann Linseman) was born 14 Nov 1916, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Nov 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Joyce M. Young
2. Joanne Young