Funeral services for Mrs. Frank (Emma Augusta) Taylor, Sr., will be held Thursday, December 28, at the Evanson Funeral Home. A well-known resident of Ellensburg for more than 60 years, she died Sunday, December 24 [1967], at the Kittitas Valley Memorial Hospital.
Born in West Bloomfield, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Augusta Abraham. At the age of 6 months, her parents moved to Orange, California, where she was reared. She attended schools in Orange and Santa Rosa. She moved with the family to a ranch in the Teanaway valley just before the turn of the century, and to Ellensburg in 1900.
She was married to Frank Taylor, Sr., son of valley pioneers William and Mary Taylor, in Ellensburg on November 29, 1905. Except for seven years residence in California, she had made her home in Ellensburg until her death. Her husband died in Santa Ana in 1943.
Contributed by: Shelli Steedman