Sandy was an avid Bills, Sabres and Braves fan, splitting Sabres’ season tickets with workmates in the far reaches of the orange section of the upper deck of the old “Aud” in Buffalo. Several times, he sailed with Margaret and the boys across Lake Ontario to Toronto and back to Olcott, making some wonderful, exciting memories for the whole family. Sandy, harkening back to his family's seafaring roots, learned to sail and became an active member of the Olcott Yacht Club, racing his sailboat most Sundays each summer on Lake Ontario with his family and crewing on other sailboats on longer lake races. Within four years, they brought two boys into the world, Eugene Stewart and Roland Sanford, who Sandy and Margaret raised in Lockport, New York. While in Rochester, Sandy, on a tip from his father's friend in Chicago, met, and ultimately married, Margaret Luce on Apin La Grange, Illinois. In 1961, Sandy was hired by FMC Corporation's Agricultural Chemicals division and he worked with the company in Middleport, New York and Princeton, New Jersey for 34 years as a research chemist. Graduating from LTHS in LaGrange, Illinois in 1954, Sandy went on to complete an undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Illinois (where he was a member of the Delta Phi fraternity) and a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Rochester.
Sandy remembered his young days in Western Springs well, remembering his caring Grandmother Tyler who lived with his family, traveling downstate to support the Lyons Township High School (LTHS) basketball team that won the Illinois state championship in 1953 and his becoming an Eagle Scout with his father's guidance. He was very proud of his family tree and traced his ancestry back to the Pilgrims themselves. With much of his family originating in/around Boston, Sandy recalled fondly many summers as a young boy on Cape Cod with his mother and grandmother, swimming and sailing, even during WWII. Sandy was born on Apto Chesley and Sada (Tyler) Young in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Western Springs, Illinois. Sandy is survived by his wife of 59 years, Margaret Luce Young, also of Rye, New York, two sons, Eugene (Zoe) and Roland (Lila) and three grandchildren, Bridge, Lincoln and Evelyn. Sanford (Sandy) Tyler Young, devoted grandfather, father, husband and son, passed away on Apin Rye, New York after an extended struggle with dementia.
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