Doug & Rhea get together

Rhea is a daughter to Roy and Vera.

This video was put together rather hastily for a Christmas surprise this year.  I'd collected the photos and interview footage in previous months and years before, and I'd always MEANT to assemble something up this avenue, but never got around to it.  I'm glad I finally did.  :)

Doug & Rhea get together from Sare & Jamo on Vimeo.

Password hint:

What is the name of Doug & Rhea's baby of the family? 

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Photo of Doris and Ardith

This is a photo of Vera's sister, Doris, and Vera's sister-in-law, Ardith.

Somehow I missed posting this one earlier.

Doris Taylor and Ardith Huber
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

Photos of June

Roy and Vera's eldest daughter was named June.

The following are a selection of photos of her in her youth.

(I apologize in advance for the quality on some of these.  Some of them were taken haphazardly from negatives or with prehistoric scanners...)

Baby June
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

June with bonnet
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

Possibly younger June at Taylor property
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

June Huber
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley

June Huber
From the personal albums of Shirley Jensen

June drying her hands
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

Likely June with bike on road
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

June Huber on lawn
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

June Huber
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley

June Huber, 1940s
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley 

June caught on barbed wire- Lapoint, 1940s
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley

June in front of house
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

"Sincerely, June"
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley

Leslie Taylor in photos

Leslie Taylor was one of Vera's brothers.

The following are a handful of photos regarding him that I haven't yet posted.

"Travis Neilson and Les Taylor"
From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

"Audrey, Maxine, and Les"
From the personal albums of Althea Jensen

"Les, Audrey, and Maxine at Christmas time"
From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

"Audrey and Les Taylor"
From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

Aunt Ardith Huber

Ardith Huber was Roy's sister-in-law

She married Roy's brother, Frank.

The following are a handful of photos I have on her and her daughter, Kathryn, outside their home in Lapoint, UT that have not yet been posted.  They were found in the personal albums of Rhea Merkley.

Ardith and Kathryn

Ardith and Kathryn

Vera Huber funeral address

The following are pages of the funeral address given at Vera's funeral in 1990, by her son, Clayton.  It was found in the personal albums of Doris Sessions.

As it's rather lengthy I won't transcribe it here, but feel free to click on the page images and read it at your leisure.

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Roy & Ethel Taylor family photo

LeRoy Taylor was one of Vera's brothers.

The following is a photo of his own family (i.e. Vera's nieces and nephews)

"Roy and Ethel Taylor family
BACK Phyllis, Carol, Ethel, Roy, Ina
FRONT Glade, Howard, Ray, Max"
From the personal albums of Carol Liddell

Roy Taylor death particulars

Roy Taylor was Vera's father.

The following is a brief written memory of Roy from his grandson, Gene, and gives further details surrounding his death.

From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Writing transcribed:
"I was ordained a Deacon by my Grandfather Taylor, Dec. 21, 1941.  He was always "Papa" to Loa and I.  We were with him so much when we were kids and heard the family call him Papa, so we called him Papa too.
He said the opening prayer to the Christmas party Fri. Dec. 19, 1941.  Ordained me a Deacon on Sunday, the last church ordinance he performed.
He died the next Friday Dec. 26, 1941, of a heart attack.  He went out to close the chicken coop door after the chicken's had gone to roost.  When my grandmother opened the door, he was lying in the yard on his face.  She got a pillow and a blanket and went out, turned him over, put the pillow under his head, covered him up and ran to her son Rex's place a half mile away.  There was snow on the ground.  She was so out of breath all she could say was, "Rex come quick".  She didn't think Papa was dead.  Rex and George Walkup took her back home and got Papa in the house.  He was dead."
*Spelling and punctuation adjusted by me.

Photos of Della

Della Taylor Nyberg was one of Vera's sisters.

The following are a handful of photos of JUST her that have not been posted yet.

Della clowning around
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley

From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray
Newspaper source unknown

From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

From the personal albums of Althea Gray

Roy with mother and posterity photo

The following photo is of Roy with his visiting mother, and a handful of Grandma Maggie's grandkids.

Kathryn with Grandma Maggie, Roy holding baby, Larry with Rhea directly behind him
From the personal albums of Kathryn Walker

Photos of Rex Taylor

Rex Taylor was one of Vera's brothers.

The following are a couple of photos of him that have not yet been posted.

Young Rex Taylor
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley

Rex Taylor
From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

Vera Huber written tribute poem

The following is a Tribute written about Vera Huber at the time of her death.

The writer is unknown, but it was found in the personal albums of Doris Sessions.

Not transcribed but still easily read by clicking on the image.