Obituaries

Signe M. Youngberg

Signe M. Youngberg
Signe M. Youngberg

Signe M. Youngberg died March 13 at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport. She was 89.

Born Sept. 9, 1921, in Southampton to Matilda (Nelson) and John LeBell, she married William Youngberg on July 28, 1943, at Trinity Lutheran Church in New York City.

A longtime Southold resident, she worked at Southold Free Library, where she was director for eight years. For the past three years she resided at Peconic Landing in Greenport.

She was predeceased by her husband in 2006; her daughter, Elin, in 2005; and her brothers, John, in 1966, George, in 1974, and William, in 1996.

Visiting hours will be held Thursday, March 17, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport. A funeral service will be led Friday, March 18, at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Garret Johnson at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Greenport. Interment will follow at Calverton National Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.