Doris A. "Tucker" Taylor, 1935-2009

TAYLOR, SCOTT, STICKLEY, MAREK, KULA, CLARK, SLATER

Posted By: Janet A. Brandt (email)
Date: 9/29/2013 at 13:23:46

Doris A. "Tucker" Scott Taylor
June 2, 1935–August 7, 2009

Doris A. "Tucker" Taylor, 74, of Olin, Iowa, died Friday, August 7, 2009, at the Jones Regional Medical Center in Anamosa.

A Celebration of her life was held on Monday, August 10, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. at the Olin United Methodist Church in Olin, with Pastor Pat Slater officiating. Burial was in the Olin Cemetery, Olin, Iowa. Friends called from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Lahey Funeral Home in Olin.

Doris A. Scott was born June 2, 1935, in Baldwin, Iowa, the daughter of Harold and Doris (Stickley) Scott. She graduated from Baldwin High School in 1953 and then attended cosmetology college. She married Joseph Clifford Taylor on August 11, 1956, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. He died on July 1, 1993.

Doris was a homemaker and cared for her family. In earlier years she had operated a hair shop in Olin.

She was a member of the Olin United Methodist Church, the Legion Auxiliary, and was a den mother for Troop 64 of Olin.

She is survived by her children, Don Taylor of Iowa City, Gary (Deb) Taylor of Anamosa, Tracy Marek of Anamosa, Mike (Mindy) Taylor of Monticello and Roxanne (Dennis) Kula of Anamosa; fourteen grandchildren, one great-grandson; and one sister, Donna (John E.) Clark of Baldwin.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, four sisters and one brother.

Source: Midland Times, Wyoming, Iowa, 14 August 2009