TAYLOR, Wayne E. (1927-2006)

TAYLOR, HALVERSON, GATES, YAGER, HAES, SPERRAZZA, MATHER, ACHENBACH, NOEHREN, BENSON, LUPTON, HOPPER, BERTELSON

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Date: 3/11/2016 at 14:24:33

Wayne E. Taylor, 1927-2006

Wayne E. Taylor, 79, of Garner, died on Saturday, September 9, 2006, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 23, at 10:30 a.m., at the Faith Lutheran Church in Miller, with Rev. Rose Viser officiating. Burial will be in the Concord Township Cemetery in Garner. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m., on Tuesday, at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner and will continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Wayne Elwyn Taylor, the son of Howard Claude and Hazel Laura (Halverson) Taylor, was born on February 11, 1927, at Garner. He was baptized and confirmed in the Miller Lutheran Church. Wayne graduated from the Hayfield Consolidated School in 1944.

On July 30, 1944, he married Ruby Mae Gates on the family farm near Garner. Wayne and Ruby lived on the farm with his parents until 1948, when they moved to a farm near Ventura. In 1953, they moved to a farm south of Clear Lake where they continued farming and raised their children, Howard, Kathy, Pat and Cindy. In 1966, they moved back to the home farm north of Garner where a cattle operation had been built.

Farming and family were his life long passions. In 1992, they retired from farming and in 2002 moved into Garner. He enjoyed gardening and woodworking, leaving many cherished treasures to his family and friends.

He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Miller.

Wayne is survived by his wife of 62 years, Ruby, of Garner; four children, Howard Taylor and wife, Marcia of Armstrong, Kathy Yager and husband, Joe of Woodward, Pat Haes and husband, Bill of Garner and Cindy Taylor and husband, Paul Sperrazza of Oceanside, California; 12 grandchildren and their families, Paul (Jena) Taylor and daughter, Erika; Joel (Peg) Taylor and children, Spencer, Andria and Paige; Ryan (Katie) Taylor and son, Levi; Dawn (Alex) Mather and children, Chance and Cadynce; Brent (Julie) Achenbach and children, Jordyn, Bryce and Jenna; Sara Achenbach; Josh Yager; Aimee (Chad) Noehren and children, Laura and Jack; Thad (Renae) Haes and children, Lilly and Logan; Amanda Haes; Beau Haes; Tina (Travis) Benson and children, Darian, Jordan, Dalton and Jalen Lupton, and Alyssa and Ashley Benson; two sisters, Marjorie (Richard) Hopper of Ventura and Arlis (Eugene) Bertelsen of Thornton and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

©The Garner Leader & Signal 2006
September 13, 2006, page 6, column 1