L. Jean Young Dambach, 79, of Evans City died Thursday at home.

Born March 9, 1926, in Oxford, England, she was a daughter of Albert and Lydia Pendle Young.

She was Protestant.

Mrs. Dambach had retired as a nurse's aide from Passavant Retirement Center in Zelienople.

She loved gardening and playing bingo.

She is survived by two sons, Douglas Dambach of Evans City and John Dambach of South Carolina; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond (Lydia) Welsh of New Brighton; three brothers, Joseph Young Jr. of Butler and Robert and Kenneth Young, both of Evans City; five sisters, Mrs. Alfred (Kit) Jespersen, Mrs. Vera Dunmyre, Mrs. Julian (Jessica) Bieber and Mrs. Edward (Elizabeth) Green, all of Evans City, and Mrs. Walter (Margaret) Herr of Indiana; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, James Grove, who was killed in World War II and her second husband, Raymond Dambach, who died in December 1971. A son and a great-granddaughter also preceded her in death.

<b>DAMBACH</b> - Friends of L. Jean Young Dambach, who died Thursday, April 7, 2005, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at KINSEY-VOLZ FUNERAL HOME OF EVANS CITY, 328 W. Main St., Evans City. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday from the funeral home, with the Rev. Rosalyn Kummer, pastor of St. Johns United Church of Christ, Evans City, officiating. Burial will be in the Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Rochester.The family requests memorial donations to Mrs. Raymond Welsh, #2 47th St., New Brighton, PA 15066.E-mail condolences to www.kinsey-volzfuneralhome.com.