Anita Ten Eyck <I>O'Keeffe</I> Young

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Anita Ten Eyck O'Keeffe Young

Birth
Sun Prairie, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
19 Feb 1985 (aged 92)
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.5481335, Longitude: -71.2604311
Plot
Plot 536, Young Vault, Crypt 3
Memorial ID
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Anita O'Keeffe Young, a younger sister of Georgia O'Keeffe, was a noted hostess and philanthropist. Young was married to Robert Ralph Young (1897-1958), a United States financier, industrialist, and railroad magnate. They had one daughter, Eleanor "Cookie" Young, who was known as a "Glamour Debutante". She was killed in a 1941 plane crash. Young purchased several paintings by O'Keeffe and kept them in her three residences: Montsorrel in Palm Beach, Florida; Fairholme in Newport, Rhode Island; and, a New York City apartment.
Anita O'Keeffe Young, a younger sister of Georgia O'Keeffe, was a noted hostess and philanthropist. Young was married to Robert Ralph Young (1897-1958), a United States financier, industrialist, and railroad magnate. They had one daughter, Eleanor "Cookie" Young, who was known as a "Glamour Debutante". She was killed in a 1941 plane crash. Young purchased several paintings by O'Keeffe and kept them in her three residences: Montsorrel in Palm Beach, Florida; Fairholme in Newport, Rhode Island; and, a New York City apartment.


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