Audrey Young, known to her family and friends as Arge, was a creative, joyful, and very funny left-handed daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. Audrey was born to Cordelia and Webster Young, Sr. in Beaumont, Texas…the youngest of three. She was raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where the family were members of St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church, and where she also attended elementary school and made lifelong friends in the community. She started piano lessons in fourth grade. She graduated from Holy Name High School and took some classes at Creighton University. Audrey had a passion for the arts, both as a participant and an observer. This led her to join her sister, Barbara, in New York City. She worked at NBC in the public relations office and then with the Conglomerate of African Countries at the United Nations, where she worked for 15 years. In the 1980s, the UN sponsored a month-long trip to Belgium for Audrey to participate in a French language immersion program and then she spent a week in Paris. Back in New York, she took advantage of the vast array of art classes the city had to offer. She loved to draw and was happy so long as she had a sketch pad and a drawing instrument. If you were ever idle in a room with Arge, you could be certain Arge was using you as an impromptu model and sure enough, she'd produce a fabulous sketch of you. Beyond her interest in drawing, Arge loved the arts of all kinds: classical and popular music, ballet, Alvin Ailey's American Dance Theater, Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, and movies. If she was in a room with a piano and had the opportunity, she would sit down and play. The movies she enjoyed didn't all have to be award winners…for many years, she had the tradition of watching "Silent Night, Lonely Night" on New Year's Eve. She also enjoyed swimming and yoga, and one time took a belly dancing class. She was also an avid reader. Arge embraced and celebrated her introverted personality and would regularly joke about staying home and avoiding people. However, she wasn't shy. Sometimes, she'd be walking down a sidewalk and would suddenly stop in her tracks and belt out a "high C," just because she could. It didn't matter who was around. She was fun to shop for because she wore bright, colorful outfits and accessories that were sometimes out of the usual realm. She had her own, fabulous style! She loved and cherished any gift you gave her. She wore blue nail polish. Her family loved her "French fry" (inedible) earrings. Arge loved to brag about a pair of boots that she'd been wearing for 30 years, or her brown winter coat that she'd been wearing "forever"! Several years ago, her brother and family were visiting from Maryland, and they noticed some little shoes on the bookcase. Arge had taken to collecting lone baby shoes and gloves that people lost in the city and then she'd wonder about the lives of the people who lost them. (Turns out that Tom Hanks does the same thing with lone gloves on the street, but he takes a picture and posts it on Instagram. Arge's way was much more entertaining.) Arge is survived by her sister/NYC roommate/Broadway buddy, Barbara Young; her brother Webster (Webb) Young, Jr. and sister-in-law, Margaret; her nieces, Valerie and Debbie; her dear friend Evie Goodwin Christian; her childhood friends in Omaha; her many cousins in Louisiana, Texas, and California; and her friends in New York. Audrey's zest for life and positive impact on this world will be dearly missed.