Frances L. Taylor Obituary (1923

Lincoln resident Frances L. Taylor, 89, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2012 at Tabitha Hospice in Lincoln. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 10, 2012 at The Walter, 5501 Sea Mountain Rd, Lincoln. Additional services with burial will be held at a later date in Salina, Kansas. Memorials may be given to the Salvation Army. Frances was born March 28, 1923 in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur Percy "Pat" Taylor and Harriet Hazen (Cook) Taylor-Johnson. She grew up in Salina, Kansas and graduated from Salina High School with the class of 1941. Frances received her Bachelor of Science degree from Marymount College in Salina, Kansas, and her Master of Science Degree from Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. She taught school in many communities in Kansas. Frances also taught in a rural one room school in the Nebraska Sandhills west of Dunning during the blizzard of 1949. This was at the same school her mother had taught at 30 years earlier. Frances received her ASCP at Burge Hospital School of Medical Technology in Springfield, Missouri and worked as a Lab Technician at Burge Hospital, Shoemakers Lab in Salina, Kansas, and Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln, Kansas. Frances moved to Lincoln, NE and took a position as Manager of the Physics Lab at the University of Nebraska from where she retired. After retirement she worked in the china department at Miller and Paine Department Store. Frances was a charter member of the LauBach Literacy Council and served as a leader for the Girl Scouts and 4-H. She was a member of NEA and the First Methodist Church in Lincoln, Nebraska. She enjoyed bird watching with the Audubon Society and wrote articles on nesting birds and on aging. Frances other interest included gardening, photography, the study of different religions, and the Bible. Frances is survived by her sister, Wilma Taylor Jones of Tulsa, Oklahoma; half-brother, Henry Jarold Johnson and his wife Kathleen of Theodore, Alabama; nieces and nephews, Amy Plew and husband Mike of Owasso, Oklahoma, Carolyn Emde of Kansas, Oklahoma, Bruce Johnson of Blountstown, Florida, Sonya Kerr and her husband Eddie, and Tammy Broadhead and her husband Jimmy all of Mobile, Alabama; grand nieces and nephews, Michael Huven-Moore and his wife Erin of Austin, Texas, Evan Plew, Aaron Plew, and Griffin Plew all of Owasso, Oklahoma, Thor Broadhead, Angelique Broadhead, Delitah Broadhead, Lauren Kerr, Sahara Kerr and Emma Kerr all of Mobile, Alabama; and a special friend, Jackie Lewis of Alvo, Nebraska. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, George Asahel Taylor, Arthur "Bud" Percy Taylor and brother-in-law, Frank Jones Jr.