Glen Orland Taylor (1918)

BENNETT, TAYLOR

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 8/7/2006 at 22:48:25

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, December 18, 1918
Page 1, Column 3

Loses Two sons From Flu

Mr. and Mrs. W. Taylor, living south of Earlham, have lost two sons from influenza. Arthur, 16 years of age, died Saturday morning; Glen aged 8 years, dying Sunday morning. Both lads were buried Monday. Rev. Howard of Earlham conducting the services. Other children in the family have been very ill, but are doing well. Mrs. Taylor was Miss Cevilla Bennett before her marriage, a daughter of the late M. E. Bennett.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
December 19, 1918
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Influenza Takes Two Young Lives

Arthur and Glen Taylor, aged respectively 16 and 8 years, sons of Mr. and Mr. W. H. Taylor succumbed to influenza on Saturday and Sunday after a brief illness with pneumonia. All of the seven children of the family and Mr. and Mrs. Taylor themselves were affected by the dread malady, and one of the little girls, also, was critically ill for a time but is now recovering.

Funeral services for both the boys thus cut off in the springtime of life, were held at the home Monday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. Carl Clarke, officiating during the illness of Rev. Howard. Interment was in Earlham Cemetery.

The bereaved family need much sympathy during this time of trial, and they may feel assured that the sympathy of the community is theirs in a profound degree.

Card of Thanks
At this dark hour when death has thrown its shadow across our home, taking our two beloved boys we have found solace in the thoughtfulness and sympathy of our many friends, who we thank sincerely through the agency of these published lines.

Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Taylor and Children
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 29, 1919

GLEN O. TAYLOR

Glenn Orland Taylor, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Taylor, was born July 10, 1910, and passed from this life to the life beyond Dec. 15, 1918, succumbing to pneumonia, following the flu; the same deadly disease which took from earth his brother, Arthur, the day before; thus taking from one home two loved ones in so short a time. He was with us only eight short years, but his sweet, loving disposition won for him a place in the home and hearts of his many little friends which will be a loving memory to the little life which budded on earth, only to blossom in Heaven.
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