Mrs. Delila Ann Taylor, 96, a pioneer resident of Baker and Union counties, died early Tuesday at the home of her daughter in Wolf Creek community.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at West and Co. Chapel with the Rev. Tom Foster of North Powder officiating. Burial will be in the Haines cemetery.
Mrs. Taylor, daughter of Balam and Clara Phillips, was born near Topeka, Kan., on April 15, 1865. She attended schools in Kansas and in 1881 came to the Haines area with her parents from Independence, Mo. She married Thomas I. Taylor in 1883, and the family farmed near Haines until 1920 when they moved to Haines. Mr. Taylor died April 4,[April 2] 1926. Mrs. Taylor has made her home for a number of years with her daughter, Mrs. Ivy Nice.
Survivors are two sons, Alonzo of Baker and Ralph of North Powder; a daughter, Mrs. Ivy Nice of North Powder; a sister, Mrs. Laura Morin of Hereford; 13 grandchildren; 35 great grandchildren; 12 great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Baker Democrat Herald, Thursday, 8 Mar 1962, Page # 3.
Contributed by: Robert Bull