Florence “Fluff” Tibiletti Young of Victoria, Texas passed away on October 16, 2024 at the age of 92. She was born on October 3, 1932 in Victoria, Texas to Florence Vivian Linam Tibiletti and Robert Tibiletti. Fluff graduated from Nazareth Academy in Victoria where she boarded with her sisters, and later Texas A & I in Kingsville.
After college, Fluff taught elementary school in various cities in South Texas, settling in Corpus Christi where she met her future husband Larry Young. They were married on June 6, 1959 in Victoria at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, followed by a reception at the historic Denver Hotel. Soon after their daughter Felicia was born in 1962 in Corpus Christi, they moved to Port Arthur, followed by Houston. They then settled in Dallas where they lived for 32 years before moving back to Victoria in 2000. Back in Victoria, she and Larry enjoyed many happy years connecting with family and old friends, and making new ones through their involvement in the community.
Fluff was preceded in death by her parents, Vivian and Robert, her sisters Laurette Stovall, Bernice Angerstein, and Ruth Tibiletti, brother Leroy Tibiletti, and her husband of 63 years, Larry Young. She is survived by daughter Felicia Cruse and her husband Dean of Austin, grandson Boone Cruse and his wife Sophie Marine of San Antonio, granddaughter Sofie Cruse of Santa Fe, New Mexico, great-granddaughter Nina Pearl Cruse of San Antonio, her brother Steve Tibiletti of Victoria, and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Victoria Texas.
A service will be at 12:00pm on Saturday, November16, 2024 at Memorial Park Cemetery, 2201 N. Main St., in Victoria, Texas.
Words of comfort may be shared at www.rosewoodfuneralchapel.com.
