At the age of 7, Theo moved with her family to Elmhurst, Illinois.
In 1934, she was married to Milton Youngberg. They lived in Illinois until 1971 when they moved to California, living in San Jose and later Kingsburg. Theo moved to Fremont to make her home in 2006.
Here, she was attending the Evangelical Free Church. (Philippians 4:6 - 7 "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus")
She was a housewife and mother, very artistic and interested in music.
She was preceded in death by her husband Milton, in 1998.
Her survivors include her daughter Shirley (Mrs. Richard) Blick of Fremont, and granddaughter Karen Bretz of San Jose, California and grandson Eric (and wife Jodi) Blick of Fremont. Her 5 great grandchildren are Jackson, Justine, Turner, and Grace Blick, and Kennedy Bretz. Also surviving is a sister-in-law Monte Diehl of Peoria, Arizona.
A funeral service will be held in Fremont in the Evangelical Free Church (20th & Lincoln Streets) at 11 AM Thursday (June 12th) with the Rev. Jim Brooks officiating. The committal will be in Mt. Emblem Cemetery in Elmhurst, Illinois. Memorials are suggested to the World Harvest Ministries (2105 Cedar Pointe Lane in Edmond, Oklahoma 73003).
Visitation at the Ludvigsen Mortuary in Fremont will be on Wednesday (June 11th) from 2 to 8 PM, with the family receiving friends from 6:30 to 8 PM.
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Anthony, Tracie, Lindsay and Jordan King
Selma, CA Thursday, June 12, 2008 Dearest Shirley and family~ Heartfelt sympathies are sent your way with the passing of your Mom, sweet Theo. What a beautiful tribute written for her and what a wonderful woman she was. I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to have met and visited with her. She was warm, caring, funny and just a delight. I know how much she was loved and cared for and will be truly missed. How thankful we all are to have been blessed by her life and how glorious now she is in the loving arms of Jesus. Our thoughts and prayers are with you today and the days, weeks and months ahead. Oh I would love to live such a full life of 95. Again it was so wonderful to read her tribute. I felt I grew to know her even a little more and appreciate her better. Love and blessings to you all, Tracie and family