Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Lynwood Scott "Scott" Young

Male 1913 - 1950  (37 years)


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  • Name Lynwood Scott "Scott" Young 
    Born 1913  Mahone Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156186336 
    Interesting art 
    Name L. Scott Young 
    Occupation 1946  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    artist - church painter 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-80051 
    Died 12 Mar 1950  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: ruptured appendix 
    Buried Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I80051  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Family Monica Ann Beaupre,   b. 14 Nov 1916, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Children 
     1. Joyce M. Young
     2. Joanne Young
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F25723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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))

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1913 - Mahone Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - artist - church painter - 1946 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: ruptured appendix - 12 Mar 1950 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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