(Feb. 4, 2004)
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Powell for Edith Mae Taylor, 72, who died Wednesday, Feb. 4 at her home south of Powell.
She was born June 18, 1931, in Eureka, Kan., to Emery and Erma (Barker) Larcom. Following high school graduation, she attended Union College in Lincoln, Neb., for two years.
On Feb. 14, 1954, she married Clifton E. Taylor in Lincoln. Following their marriage, they moved to Wyoming, settling in Basin, and then moved to the Powell area in 1959. She was a lifelong member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and loved crocheting and raising flowers. She was a member of the High Country Classic Car Club.
Survivors include her husband of almost 50 years, Clifton Taylor, of the family home; three sons, Duane and wife Angie Taylor of Fresno, Calif., Robert and wife Sherry Taylor of Portland, Tenn., and Larry Taylor of Nashville, Tenn.; a daughter, LaVonna McClannahan and husband Terry of Des Moines, Iowa; six grandchildren; brothers-in-law, Delmar Taylor and wife Bernadine of Basin and Leonard Taylor and wife Anna of Lake Ellsinore, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Ernie, who died in 1974; and a brother, Emery O. Larcom.
Burial was in Crown Hill Cemetery. Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Powell.
Miratsky-Easton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.