Alta (Hemstreet) Taylor (1938)
GREISS, HEMSTREET, PENNOCK, TAYLOR, WOLD
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 2/28/2007 at 17:16:29
Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, February 10, 1938MRS. EUGENE TAYLOR DIED SATURDAY EVENING
Mrs. Eugene Taylor died Saturday evening at her home north of town after a short illness of pneumonia with complications.
Funeral services were in charge of the Rev. Chas. Burnette were held at the Earlham Church of Christ Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was in the Earlham cemetery.
OBITUARY
Alta Hemstreet, daughter of Nick and Mary Hemstreet was born in Wisconsin on December 17 in the year 1877. She later moved with her parents to Leavenworth, Kansas where, in the early fall of 1918 she was united in marriage to Eugene Taylor.
One year of their married life was spent in California after which they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1933 they moved to the farm north of Earlham known as the Stanley place where she departed this life February 5, 1938.
She was of the Christian Science faith and was loyal to the end. Left to mourn her loss are her husband, Eugene Taylor; three sisters, Maud Pennock of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Grace Wold of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Clara Greiss of Ellsworth, Kansas; a number of other relatives and a host of friends.
________________________The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 16, 1938
Page 9Week’s Letter from Earlham
MRS. GENE TAYLOR DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS WITH PNEUMONIA
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Church of Christ for Mrs. Gene Taylor who passed away at her home north of town Saturday evening. Mrs. Taylor had not been well for some time and after pneumonia developed, was only ill a few days before her death.
Rev. Charles Barnett had charge of the funeral sermon and Mervyn McLennan sang two songs. Burial was made in the Earlham cemetery.
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