Betty Earlene Young

Betty Earlene Stansbury Young of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan died September 23, 2023. Betty, born to Earl & Helen Stansbury on November 11, 1940, grew up in Upper Arlington, Ohio, playing violin and french horn. She graduated from The Ohio State University in 1962, where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority. Betty chose to pursue a career in marketing communications that took her to Toledo and Grand Rapids before she finally settled in Detroit, where she met her husband of 55 years, Robert A. Young of Grosse Pointe Park. They raised two daughters, Elizabeth and Jeanne, in East English Village & Grosse Pointe Park. Betty's entrepreneurial pursuits in the culinary arts included food styling, educating, and helping usher in culinary technology via microwave ovens by organizing trade shows and demonstrating recipes in Hudson's stores throughout the metro area. By the 1980s, Betty found what would be her life's work and passion in helping local businesses build their brands. For decades, Betty developed relationships with the local community, connecting people to businesses and services in Heritage Magazine and myriad club publications. Building relationships ultimately led her to add the title Publisher for state and regional masonry association magazines The Story Pole, MasonryEdge and SMART | dynamics of masonry.

She cared deeply about people and small business, which led her to open her own advertising agency, bsYOUNG & associates, in 1988 out of her sunroom before proudly moving into the Punch and Judy building. Through a business program at Grosse Pointe South, Betty was able to provide business experience to students. In all, she helped launch the careers of dozens of young adults in the Grosse Pointes and surrounding area for four decades.

Betty cherished her community at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church and found purpose and joy in singing in the choir, serving as a deacon, member of the communications committee and marketing advisor. Betty will always be remembered for her service, elaborate dinner parties, bold fashion choices, a big laugh & and her positivity.

Betty is survived by her husband Rob, and daughters Elizabeth (Wayne Lin) & Jeanne. She has four grandchildren of whom she was exceedingly proud: Elizabeth and Wayne's sons Freddie and Henry, both student athletes at Swarthmore College, and Jeanne's sons Rahsaan & Ronin, both students at the University of California, Merced. She is also survived by her sister Jane Measel & her family: husband Paul Measel, sons David (Anne) Moselle and Eric (Jerrilyn) Moselle, their children Natalie and Jake Moselle; sister-in-law Vahine Young and her daughter Rhea Young (John Ho) and their son James Ho; nephew Bill Young; niece Ann (Bryan) Gilligan and their children Kellen and Maguire Gilligan; and great-nieces Hannah and Adelaide Young.

Betty will be interred at the Grosse Pointe Memorial Church Columbarium with a memorial service to be held at a later date.

In Betty's honor, spread joy and positivity to those around you.