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

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

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

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

Zelma goes beyond 90 years old

Zelma T Jensen Miner was Vera's eldest sister.

She lived to be 92 years old, so her last few birthdays were reasons to celebrate.  The following are items relating to those momentous occasions.

Zelma with 90th birthday cake:

From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

From the personal albums of Althea Gray

Party invitation to 91st birthday:

From the personal albums of Althea Gray

Written greetings from siblings:

Birthday letter from Della, Vera, and Doris
From the personal albums of Althea Gray
Not transcribed due to personal content within

Birthday card from Sherman
From the personal albums of Althea Gray
Not transcribed due to personal content within

George & Della Nyberg history

Della Taylor Nyberg was one of Vera's sisters.

The following is a personal history, written by Della, found in the personal albums of Gene Nyberg.

Scanned pages of George & Della Taylor Nyberg history.

As there are still individuals in the document that are still alive, I will not transcribe the record at this time, but I have a transcribed copy of it ready to go, so when the time comes I will post it here.

George and Della Nyberg, 1944
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Coy Hayward newspaper profile

Coy Hayward was Vera's brother-in-law, married to Vera's older sister, Cora.

Coy Hayward
Found in the personal albums of Gene Nyberg
Image cropped from a larger photo

Coy and Cora never had any living children, but they were definite movers & shakers in their community of Bountiful, Utah in the mid-20th century.

The following is a local newspaper clipping of a personality profile, focused on Coy Hayward, his history, and his impact on the community.  As it's rather lengthy I won't transcribe it here, but it should still be fairly legible to those interested in reading it.

Part One:

SOURCE: Davis County Clipper 1969, Jun 6, p.18
Found in the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

 Part Two:

SOURCE: See indication above

Taylor family holding babies

The following are a bunch of photos of Vera's Taylor relatives holding babies.  There sure were a lot of them.

"Della, Loa, and Gene"
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley

"Les Taylor holding Allen Nyberg
and his daughter Maxine"
From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

"Doris Taylor and baby Gene Nyberg"
From the personal albums of Della/Gene Nyberg

"Ralph holding Allen Nyberg"
From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

"Daun holding a puppy, Roxa holding Ray, Rex, Cynthia, Loa"
From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

"Loa with Alan, Daun with Jake Ross, Leslie holding Maxine"
From the personal albums of Gene/Della Nyberg

"Doris, Jerrie, and baby Steve?"
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

"Audrey with baby Maxine and Della with baby Loa"
From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

"BACK Stanley & Loa Hoopes, Doris Ross holding Marlene Hoopes, Ralph Taylor, Gene & Della Nyberg
FRONT Roxa Taylor with Doris' boys: Jake, Bryce, and Terry"
From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray

"Roy Huber holding June, Rhea sitting, Althea Jensen standing"
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 of Leslie in his younger days.

"Leslie Taylor and girlfriend Marie McConkie"
From the personal albums of Della/Gene Nyberg

Young Leslie Taylor
From personal albums of Rhea Merkley

Rex and Cynthia Taylor photos

W. Rex Taylor was one of Vera's brothers.

The following are some photos of Rex Taylor and his wife Cynthia.

From the personal albums of Cheryl Murray unless otherwise stated.

"Rex and Cynthia Taylor"
From personal albums of Rhea Merkley

"Cynthia and Rex Taylor"

Zelma in photos

Zelma H Taylor Jensen Miner was Vera's eldest sister.

The following are a number of photos of her, from the personal albums of Althea Gray.

"Zelma Jensen at 2712" (in Bremerton, WA likely)

"Zelma Jensen at typewriter"

"Zelma sitting at kitchen table"

"Zelma & nephews in Lapoint, UT"
(I recognize those boys as: unknown, Larry, Clayton)

"Zelma and flowers"

"Zelma with dog in Lapoint"

This last item is a color photo sample of locks of Zelma's hair at the age of 86 and 87.

They were found in one of her albums inherited by her descendants.

Apparently Zelma was a red-head (though it's hard to tell by the aged quality of the samples provided).  I didn't know that ginger trait ran through this family line, but apparently it does!

From the personal albums of Althea Gray