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Miami grad did not die of swine flu, report says

Family of Oxford woman say she may have died of complications from viral pneumonia.

Kimberly 'Kimi' Young

Kimberly "Kimi" Young, 22, died Tuesday night Sept. 22, 2009 at University Hospital.

Kofenya employees Liz Snydert and Nicole Ayres write in a book inside the Oxford coffee shop where Kimberly Young worked. The book will be delivered to her parents.

Staff photo by Gary Stelzer Kofenya employees Liz Snydert and Nicole Ayres write in a book inside the Oxford coffee shop where Kimberly Young worked. The book will be delivered to her parents.

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Kimberly Young, 22, of Oxford, worked at the Kofenya coffee shop for 4 years. An employee there said the shop was planning to hold a special event in her honor.

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Staff and wire reports Updated 10:55 PM Saturday, September 26, 2009

The family of a Miami University graduate who died this week now says she did not die from the H1N1 virus, according to a Toledo newspaper.

The family of Kimberly Young, 22, of Oxford, previously reported they had been told by health officials she had tested positive for swine flu.

Young, who graduated from Miami in December and worked at a coffee shop and deli in Oxford, died early Wednesday, Sept. 23, after she was flown by medical helicopter from McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford to University Hospital in Cincinnati.

She would have turned 23 Sunday, Sept. 27. Her funeral was Saturday morning.

The Toledo Blade reported Saturday, Sept. 26, that Young’s family, of Wayne, Ohio, said she apparently died of complications from viral pneumonia.

Tests on a Butler County woman in her 20s who died this week were not positive for H1N1, according to the Ohio Department of Health, which did not identify the woman citing privacy reasons, the Blade reported.

Young, known as “Kimi” to her friends and family, graduated in 2004 from Elmwood High School in Wayne, and at Miami University earned a bachelor of arts in international studies and a bachelor of fine arts, while minoring in French and Spanish.

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