THREE GOOD CITIZENS ARE CALLED TO GREAT BEYOND

Mrs. Joseph J. Taylor of Montpelier….Called by the Death Angel

Mrs. J. J. Taylor died at her home in this city last Monday night at 8:30 o'clock. Death was caused from stomach and liver trouble, with which she had suffered for the past year.

Mrs. Taylor was the daughter of Benjamin and Isabelle Flynn. She was born at St. Paul, Minn., February 5, 1861. After completing her education in St. Joseph's college, St. Paul, she engaged in school teaching. In 1877 her parents removed to Mandan, N. D., where she taught for several years. She was also a teacher in the Portland schools for three years, and in 1907 she was elected to a position in the Montpelier schools. She was re-elected in the following year, and was offered her position for the third year, but declined. She was regarded as one of the most efficient teachers ever employed in the Montpelier schools. Although a strict disciplinarian, her manner in the school room was such that she won the love of her pupils, and she was held in the highest esteem by all who were connected with the schools.

On June 8, 1909, she was united in marriage to Jos. J. Taylor, and they made their home in this city until last September, when they removed to California, in the hopes that the change in climate would result beneficially to her. Obtaining only temporary relief there, she longed to return to Montpelier to be among the warm friends she had made during her residence here. In compliance with her wish Mr. Taylor returned here in January and purchased the Poynter interest in the Modern Drug Co. Mrs. Taylor joined him here in March, and for a time she seemed to improve, but the trouble with which she was affected, had gained such inroads on her constitution that she gradually grew weaker, while medical science and loving hands were powerless to give her any relief, and after weeks of suffering the end came peacefully last Monday night. That the love and esteem in which she was held extended even to the children, was evidenced by the daily inquiries many of them made of Mr. Taylor regarding her condition, as he went to and from their home.

At the bed side when the end came were her husband; her mother, Mrs. Isabelle Flynn, who arrived from Portland last Saturday; her sister, Mrs. C. F. Kellog, who arrived the same day from New Salem, N. D., her brother, Hugh A. Flynn, of Spokane, who also arrived last Saturday, and her brother, Harry W. Flynn, who has been a resident of Montpelier for the past year of more. Besides these relatives she is survived by three sisters, who were unable to reach here.

Her funeral services were held from the Catholic Church Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, and were conducted by Rev. Father De Stoop who came from Tooele, Utah for that purpose. Practically all of the business houses closed during the hour of the funeral, as an evidence of respect to Mr. Taylor, who was serving as a member of the city council, when he left for California last September.

The casket was banked with many beautiful floral offerings, which came from the city officials, the Masonic fraternity of which Mr. Taylor is a member, and from loving friends.

Published in Montpelier Examiner in Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho, on Friday, June 9, 1916, on page 1

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