Mrs. Jayne Barbara Yount

August 5, 1956 - October 16, 2021

JAYNE BARBARA (KAUTZ) YOUNT, of ELGIN, ILLINOIS Jayne Barbara (Kautz) Yount of Elgin, Illinois, age 65, passed away on October 16, 2021, surrounded by family, following a brief illness. Jayne was born in Bad Axe, Michigan on August 5, 1956 to the late Carl and June (Jebraski) Kautz, the youngest in a family of eight children. She graduated from Bad Axe High School with the class of 1974 and moved to Denver, Colorado where she met and married Mark Yount on August 1, 1987. The couple moved to Illinois in 2000 where she remained until her death. Jayne was most recently employed as a receptionist with Victory Centre Assisted Living in Bartlett, Illinois. Jayne loved her family deeply, and enjoyed reading, photography, traveling, snorkeling, skiing, and her beloved cats, Boo and Lil Bit. She will be missed by countless friends and family. Left to cherish Jayne’s memory are her husband, Mark Yount of Elgin, Illinois; son, Adam Salowitz of Detroit, Michigan; one stepson and his wife, Joshua & Meagan Yount and their daughter, Maya, of Tulsa, Oklahoma; father-in-law, Wilbur Yount of Mobile, Alabama; step-father-in-law, Richard Grano of Elizabeth, Colorado; five siblings and their spouses, Joyce Higgins of Columbia, South Carolina, Judy & Edward Shannon of Streamwood, Illinois, Jeanine & Patrick McGee of Caro, Michigan, James & Felicia Kautz of North High Shoals, Georgia, Jerome Kautz of Watkinsville, Georgia; sister-in-law, Rae Ann & Vince DeCuio of Elizabeth, Colorado; brothers-in-law, Mike Yount of Macon, Missouri, Mitch Yount & Justina Skaggs of Commerce City, Colorado, Kory & April Yount and Kyle & Brandi Yount of Mobile, Alabama; nieces, nephews and their spouses, Kathryn Blake & Terry Moag, John & Lisa Blake, Amy & Bill Bertles, Craig & Janet Higgins, Kristin Higgins & Steve Sanders, Shannon & Jim Merna, Eddie & Tracy Shannon, Stacey & Scott Kulefsky, John & Leslie Garcia, Kathryn & Jeffrey Hinderer, Carrie McGee & Jeffrey Hathaway, Rico DeCuio; and many great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins. In addition to her parents, Jayne was preceded in death by her mother-in-law, Joann Grano; sisters and brothers-in-law, Joan & Jack Blake, Jackie Garcia, and Gene Higgins. In keeping with Jayne’s wishes, cremation has taken place and a memorial service is being planned for a later date. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider memorial contributions to the Bad Axe Area District Library, 200 South Hanselman Street, Bad Axe, MI 48413