Lylas (Ratto) Taylor
Oct. 9, 1905 April 3, 2003
Lylas (Ratto) Taylor, 97, a native of Tuolumne County, died yesterday at a Merced convalescent home, where she had lived for the past 19 years.
She was born at the Shaws Flat ranch in Sonora, where her grandparents settled in the 1860s. She was the oldest and only surviving daughter of Kate (Ghiorso) and Adolph Ratto.
Mrs. Taylor graduated from Shaws Flat Elementary School and Sonora High School. She worked at various businesses in Sonora. Before marrying George Taylor, her jobs included working for the late John Balestra at Lester's Drug Store, and in a bookkeeping position for Jacobs Bros. Grocery.
She and her husband operated a laundry and cleaning agency in downtown Sonora from 1936 to the early 1960s.
She was a member and past president of the Smyth-Bolter Post American Legion Auxiliary, a charter member of the Sonora Elementary School Parent Teacher Association, and a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sonora.
Mrs. Taylor is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Janis and Alton McRae of Mariposa; eight grandchildren, Sandra McRae of Mariposa, Richard McRae and his wife, Kelly, of Windemere, Fla., Donald and Ronald Mundello, both of Turlock, Pamela Spears of Hughson, Scott Taylor of Stockton, Todd Taylor of Manteca and Terry Taylor of the Bay area; two foster grandsons, George Matthews of Charleston, S.C., and Terry Bullis of Raymond, Madera County; and 11 great-grandchildren, including Patrick and Nathan McRae of Windemere; and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George Taylor; parents, Kate (Ghiorso) and Adolph Ratto; an aunt, Mary Coratto; uncles Joe and Perry Ratto and Joe Ghiorso; and stepchildren Orville and Kenneth Taylor and Mildred Taylor Asbill.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sonora.
Memorial donations may be made to the Thelma Flory Scholarship Fund of the 12th District American Legion Auxiliary, in care of June Gebhardt, 518 Hunter, Modesto, CA 95350.
UNION DEMOCRAT April 4 2003
Oct. 9, 1905 April 3, 2003
Lylas (Ratto) Taylor, 97, a native of Tuolumne County, died yesterday at a Merced convalescent home, where she had lived for the past 19 years.
She was born at the Shaws Flat ranch in Sonora, where her grandparents settled in the 1860s. She was the oldest and only surviving daughter of Kate (Ghiorso) and Adolph Ratto.
Mrs. Taylor graduated from Shaws Flat Elementary School and Sonora High School. She worked at various businesses in Sonora. Before marrying George Taylor, her jobs included working for the late John Balestra at Lester's Drug Store, and in a bookkeeping position for Jacobs Bros. Grocery.
She and her husband operated a laundry and cleaning agency in downtown Sonora from 1936 to the early 1960s.
She was a member and past president of the Smyth-Bolter Post American Legion Auxiliary, a charter member of the Sonora Elementary School Parent Teacher Association, and a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sonora.
Mrs. Taylor is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Janis and Alton McRae of Mariposa; eight grandchildren, Sandra McRae of Mariposa, Richard McRae and his wife, Kelly, of Windemere, Fla., Donald and Ronald Mundello, both of Turlock, Pamela Spears of Hughson, Scott Taylor of Stockton, Todd Taylor of Manteca and Terry Taylor of the Bay area; two foster grandsons, George Matthews of Charleston, S.C., and Terry Bullis of Raymond, Madera County; and 11 great-grandchildren, including Patrick and Nathan McRae of Windemere; and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George Taylor; parents, Kate (Ghiorso) and Adolph Ratto; an aunt, Mary Coratto; uncles Joe and Perry Ratto and Joe Ghiorso; and stepchildren Orville and Kenneth Taylor and Mildred Taylor Asbill.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sonora.
Memorial donations may be made to the Thelma Flory Scholarship Fund of the 12th District American Legion Auxiliary, in care of June Gebhardt, 518 Hunter, Modesto, CA 95350.
UNION DEMOCRAT April 4 2003
Lylas (Ratto) Taylor
Oct. 9, 1905 April 3, 2003
Lylas (Ratto) Taylor, 97, a native of Tuolumne County, died yesterday at a Merced convalescent home, where she had lived for the past 19 years.
She was born at the Shaws Flat ranch in Sonora, where her grandparents settled in the 1860s. She was the oldest and only surviving daughter of Kate (Ghiorso) and Adolph Ratto.
Mrs. Taylor graduated from Shaws Flat Elementary School and Sonora High School. She worked at various businesses in Sonora. Before marrying George Taylor, her jobs included working for the late John Balestra at Lester's Drug Store, and in a bookkeeping position for Jacobs Bros. Grocery.
She and her husband operated a laundry and cleaning agency in downtown Sonora from 1936 to the early 1960s.
She was a member and past president of the Smyth-Bolter Post American Legion Auxiliary, a charter member of the Sonora Elementary School Parent Teacher Association, and a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sonora.
Mrs. Taylor is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Janis and Alton McRae of Mariposa; eight grandchildren, Sandra McRae of Mariposa, Richard McRae and his wife, Kelly, of Windemere, Fla., Donald and Ronald Mundello, both of Turlock, Pamela Spears of Hughson, Scott Taylor of Stockton, Todd Taylor of Manteca and Terry Taylor of the Bay area; two foster grandsons, George Matthews of Charleston, S.C., and Terry Bullis of Raymond, Madera County; and 11 great-grandchildren, including Patrick and Nathan McRae of Windemere; and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George Taylor; parents, Kate (Ghiorso) and Adolph Ratto; an aunt, Mary Coratto; uncles Joe and Perry Ratto and Joe Ghiorso; and stepchildren Orville and Kenneth Taylor and Mildred Taylor Asbill.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sonora.
Memorial donations may be made to the Thelma Flory Scholarship Fund of the 12th District American Legion Auxiliary, in care of June Gebhardt, 518 Hunter, Modesto, CA 95350.
UNION DEMOCRAT April 4 2003
Oct. 9, 1905 April 3, 2003
Lylas (Ratto) Taylor, 97, a native of Tuolumne County, died yesterday at a Merced convalescent home, where she had lived for the past 19 years.
She was born at the Shaws Flat ranch in Sonora, where her grandparents settled in the 1860s. She was the oldest and only surviving daughter of Kate (Ghiorso) and Adolph Ratto.
Mrs. Taylor graduated from Shaws Flat Elementary School and Sonora High School. She worked at various businesses in Sonora. Before marrying George Taylor, her jobs included working for the late John Balestra at Lester's Drug Store, and in a bookkeeping position for Jacobs Bros. Grocery.
She and her husband operated a laundry and cleaning agency in downtown Sonora from 1936 to the early 1960s.
She was a member and past president of the Smyth-Bolter Post American Legion Auxiliary, a charter member of the Sonora Elementary School Parent Teacher Association, and a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sonora.
Mrs. Taylor is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Janis and Alton McRae of Mariposa; eight grandchildren, Sandra McRae of Mariposa, Richard McRae and his wife, Kelly, of Windemere, Fla., Donald and Ronald Mundello, both of Turlock, Pamela Spears of Hughson, Scott Taylor of Stockton, Todd Taylor of Manteca and Terry Taylor of the Bay area; two foster grandsons, George Matthews of Charleston, S.C., and Terry Bullis of Raymond, Madera County; and 11 great-grandchildren, including Patrick and Nathan McRae of Windemere; and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George Taylor; parents, Kate (Ghiorso) and Adolph Ratto; an aunt, Mary Coratto; uncles Joe and Perry Ratto and Joe Ghiorso; and stepchildren Orville and Kenneth Taylor and Mildred Taylor Asbill.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sonora.
Memorial donations may be made to the Thelma Flory Scholarship Fund of the 12th District American Legion Auxiliary, in care of June Gebhardt, 518 Hunter, Modesto, CA 95350.
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