Obituary of Donald L TAYLOR, Crawford County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Admire This obituary was copied from the collection located at the Robinson Public Library. The obituaries themselves are usually not dated. Whoever made the collection has written down the dates by hand. The source of the obituary (i.e. which newspaper) is also not included. Transcribed by Dan Weger. Donald L. Taylor(11/3/1980) Donald L. Taylor, 72, Lincoln, formerly of Oblong, died at 3:07 p.m. Sunday at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln. Born January 9, 1908 in Coles County, son of Howard and Grace Rankin Taylor, he was married June 28, 1931, at Oakwood, to Lucille V. Liggett, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Virginia Williams, Lincoln, and Donna Winn, Ft. Collins, Colo.; a brother, Richard Taylor, Mattoon; a sister, Dorothy Dempsey, Bethany; and six grandchildren. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Oblong, Bloomington Consistory, __hite Shrine of Lincoln, National Retired Teachers Association, Retired Teachers of DeWitt and Logan counties, and local and National Retired Persons. He taught 40 years at Oblong and Eldorado High Schools, a year in Manteca, Calif., and was superintendent of Beason High School in Beason, retiring in 1970. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln with Rev. Paul Beach officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery at Oakwood. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Masonic services will follow at 8 p.m. The family suggests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society or the Beason United Methodist Church. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproducd in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ***************************************************************** Contributed by: Jim Admire