Jean Pratt Taylor passed away on January 17, 2008 at her home in Orem. She had been a resident of Orem for five years. Jean was born in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico on 11 March 1915 to Erastus Leon and Grace Zenor Pratt. She lived in the Mormon Colonies in Chihuahua, Mexico until the age of seventeen when she left to be secretary to her uncle, S. Dilworth Young, Scout Executive in Ogden, Utah. She later attended BYU and married Harold W. Taylor, also of the Colonies, on 12 August 1938 in Colonia Dublan. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Mesa AZ Temple. After living in Mexico D.F., San Luis Potosi and Monterrey, Mexico, the couple moved to Oxnard, California in 1945 and later built their home in Camarillo, California where they lived for 38 years. Harold died at the age of 83 in Camarillo, February 1993.
Jean was office manager for John S. Broome at Rancho Guadalasca, Oxnard, California for 27 years and was also an executive secretary at the Naval Missile Center, Point Mugu, California for seven years. Harold was employed at the Oxnard Air Force Base in Camarillo and at the Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu, California.
Jean served for many years in executive and teaching positions in the LDS Church: MIA president, Primary president, Stake Public Communications Director and Stake History Specialist. She has been serving in the extraction program since 1991 in the Camarillo California Stake, Lindon Stake and Orem Suncrest Stake and as a part-time service missionary at the Utah Regional Family History Center in the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU.
She was preceded in death by a son, Terry in 1946, and three brothers, Rollo, Norris and Andre and by two sisters, Marguerite and Raechel.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the LDS Book of Mormon fund. Interment will be in Ventura, California beside her husband.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. in the Suncrest 5th Ward Chapel, 130 North 400 West in Orem. Friends and family may call on Tuesday from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. at the ward chapel. Interment will be in Ventura, California at Ivy Lawn Cemetery on Friday, January 25, 2008.
Jean was office manager for John S. Broome at Rancho Guadalasca, Oxnard, California for 27 years and was also an executive secretary at the Naval Missile Center, Point Mugu, California for seven years. Harold was employed at the Oxnard Air Force Base in Camarillo and at the Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu, California.
Jean served for many years in executive and teaching positions in the LDS Church: MIA president, Primary president, Stake Public Communications Director and Stake History Specialist. She has been serving in the extraction program since 1991 in the Camarillo California Stake, Lindon Stake and Orem Suncrest Stake and as a part-time service missionary at the Utah Regional Family History Center in the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU.
She was preceded in death by a son, Terry in 1946, and three brothers, Rollo, Norris and Andre and by two sisters, Marguerite and Raechel.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the LDS Book of Mormon fund. Interment will be in Ventura, California beside her husband.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. in the Suncrest 5th Ward Chapel, 130 North 400 West in Orem. Friends and family may call on Tuesday from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. at the ward chapel. Interment will be in Ventura, California at Ivy Lawn Cemetery on Friday, January 25, 2008.
Jean Pratt Taylor passed away on January 17, 2008 at her home in Orem. She had been a resident of Orem for five years. Jean was born in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico on 11 March 1915 to Erastus Leon and Grace Zenor Pratt. She lived in the Mormon Colonies in Chihuahua, Mexico until the age of seventeen when she left to be secretary to her uncle, S. Dilworth Young, Scout Executive in Ogden, Utah. She later attended BYU and married Harold W. Taylor, also of the Colonies, on 12 August 1938 in Colonia Dublan. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Mesa AZ Temple. After living in Mexico D.F., San Luis Potosi and Monterrey, Mexico, the couple moved to Oxnard, California in 1945 and later built their home in Camarillo, California where they lived for 38 years. Harold died at the age of 83 in Camarillo, February 1993.
Jean was office manager for John S. Broome at Rancho Guadalasca, Oxnard, California for 27 years and was also an executive secretary at the Naval Missile Center, Point Mugu, California for seven years. Harold was employed at the Oxnard Air Force Base in Camarillo and at the Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu, California.
Jean served for many years in executive and teaching positions in the LDS Church: MIA president, Primary president, Stake Public Communications Director and Stake History Specialist. She has been serving in the extraction program since 1991 in the Camarillo California Stake, Lindon Stake and Orem Suncrest Stake and as a part-time service missionary at the Utah Regional Family History Center in the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU.
She was preceded in death by a son, Terry in 1946, and three brothers, Rollo, Norris and Andre and by two sisters, Marguerite and Raechel.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the LDS Book of Mormon fund. Interment will be in Ventura, California beside her husband.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. in the Suncrest 5th Ward Chapel, 130 North 400 West in Orem. Friends and family may call on Tuesday from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. at the ward chapel. Interment will be in Ventura, California at Ivy Lawn Cemetery on Friday, January 25, 2008.
Jean was office manager for John S. Broome at Rancho Guadalasca, Oxnard, California for 27 years and was also an executive secretary at the Naval Missile Center, Point Mugu, California for seven years. Harold was employed at the Oxnard Air Force Base in Camarillo and at the Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu, California.
Jean served for many years in executive and teaching positions in the LDS Church: MIA president, Primary president, Stake Public Communications Director and Stake History Specialist. She has been serving in the extraction program since 1991 in the Camarillo California Stake, Lindon Stake and Orem Suncrest Stake and as a part-time service missionary at the Utah Regional Family History Center in the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU.
She was preceded in death by a son, Terry in 1946, and three brothers, Rollo, Norris and Andre and by two sisters, Marguerite and Raechel.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the LDS Book of Mormon fund. Interment will be in Ventura, California beside her husband.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. in the Suncrest 5th Ward Chapel, 130 North 400 West in Orem. Friends and family may call on Tuesday from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. at the ward chapel. Interment will be in Ventura, California at Ivy Lawn Cemetery on Friday, January 25, 2008.
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