Roy Taylor was Vera's father.
(Photo from the personal album of Rhea Huber Merkley)
Based on these documents, he was:
BIRTH: 18 Feb 1872, Levan, Juab County, Utah
(born to Martin Taylor and Joan Hannah Jennings*)
DEATH: 26 Dec 1941, Lapoint, Uintah County, Utah
He was 69 years old.
Lots of other interesting things to look into by studying these out further.
Roy Taylor's obituary (click on image to enlarge):
(Salt Lake Tribune 1941, Dec 30, p.15)
Obituary transcribed:
Funeral Slated for Former County Official
Tribune Intermountain Wire
LAPOINT, Uintah County--
Funeral service for Roy Taylor, 69, former Uintah county commissioner and school board member, will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Lapoint LDS ward chapel by Bishop Harvey Hullinger. Mr. Taylor died suddenly Friday at home.
He had been afflicted with a heart ailment and asthma for some years.
Born in Levan
Mr. Taylor was born in Levan, Juab county, Feb 18, 1872, a son of Martin and Hannah Jennings Taylor. He spent his boyhood and young manhood in Levan, where he attended the public schools. After marrying Roxie Anderson in the Salt Lake LDS temple, he moved to Chester, Sanpete county.
Coming to Lapoint in 1915, he became actively engaged in farming and the livestock business in the Uintah basin.
For six years Mr. Taylor was a Uintah county commissioner, and for 12 years a member of the Uintah school district board, representing the western part of the county.
Served as Bishop.
Mr. Taylor served as bishop of the Lapoint LDS ward for 12 years. He was a teacher in the Sunday school and MIA of his ward.
Surviving, besides his widow, are six sons and five daughters,
Rex and Leslie Taylor, Mrs. Roy Huber, Mrs. George Nyburg and Mrs. Clarence Jensen of Lapoint;
Mrs. Keith Ross of Vernal,
Mrs Coy Heyward of Bountiful,
Roy Taylor of Bridgeland, Utah;
Ralph Taylor of Salt Lake City,
Sherman Taylor of Meeker Colo.,
and Martin Taylor of the U.S. air corps;
four brothers and one sister, Scyle, Hugh, and Nephi Taylor of Levan
and Heber T. Taylor of Blackfoot, Idaho,
and Mrs. Wayne Neilson of Provo.
Burial will be in the Lapoint cemetary.
Friends may call at the home in Lapoint Tuesday morning from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
AND, here's obituary #2, thanks to the Vernal Express:
Vernal Express 1942, Jan 1, p.1
Obituary transcribed:
Funeral Held for Former County Official
Heart Attack Fatal to Roy Taylor at Home in Lapoint
Largely attended by friends and relatives with many school and county officials present were the funeral services for Roy Taylor 69, former Uintah county board member held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Lapoint LDS ward chapel with Bishop Harvey Hullinger presiding. Mr Taylor died suddenly Friday at his home.
He had been afflicted with a heart ailment and asthma for a number of years.
Mr. Taylor was born in Levan, Juab county February 18, 1872 a son of Martin and Hannah Jennings Taylor. He spent his boyhood and young manhood in Levan where he attended the public schools. After marrying Roxie Anderson in the Salt Lake LDS temple he moved to Chester Sanpete county.
Coming to Lapoint in 1915 he became actively engaged in farming and the livestock business in the Uintah basin.
For six years Mr. Taylor was a Uintah county commissioner and for 12 years a member of the Uintah school district board representing the western part of the county.
Mr. Taylor served as bishop of the Lapoint LDS ward of 12 years. He was a teacher in the Uintah school district board representing the western part of the county.
Survivng besides his widow are six sons and five daughters. Rex and Leslie Taylor, Mrs. Roy Huber, Mrs. George Nyburg, and Mrs. Clarence Jensen of Lapoint; Mrs Keith Ross of Vernal; Mrs. Coy Heyward of Bountiful; Roy Taylor of Bridgeland, Utah; Ralph Taylor of Salt Lake City; Sherman Taylor of Meeker, Colo; and Martin Taylor of the U.S. air corps. Four brothers and one sister Scyle, Hugh, and Nephi Taylor of Levan, and Heber T Taylor of Blackfoot, Idaho, and Mrs. Wayne Neilson of Provo.
At the funeral services the opening song was 'Sometime We'll Understand' by the Lapoint ward choir with the invocation by Jerry Harrison former Lapoint ward bishop followed by the choir singing 'Jesus Lover of My Soul'.
Principal Luke Clegg of the Alterra high school read a tribute paid the deceased by the faculty and students of the high school. Barbara Rasmussen rendered a piano solo 'Oh My Father'.
Speakers were H LeRoy Morrill bishop of the Tridell ward and Superintendent L O Noble of the Uintah school district. Closing remarks were made by Bishop Hullinger who is principal of the Lapoint school.
Other musical numbers were a Hawaiian harp solo 'Til We Meet Again' by Cora Hayward and a vocal duet 'Going Home' by Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Merkley.
The benediction was pronounced by C A Thompson.
Pall bearers were his sons Roy, Rex, Ralph, Sherman, and Leslie Taylor and grandson Dean Jensen.
Interment was made in the Lapoint cemetery under the direction of the Swain Funeral Home. Dedication of the grave was by Mr. Hullinger.
* This is yet another derivative on her name. She is often referred to as Hannah or Johannah in the records I have come across...
Headstone:
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| Headstone located in the Lapoint Cemetery, Lapoint, Utah Photo taken by me, July 2012. |
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