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Marvyle Gertrude Simmons Taylor

1918 - 1999

 

Marvyle Gertrude Simmons Taylor

Clear Lake - Marvyle Gertrude Simmons Taylor, 80, of Clear Lake, died Friday (May 28, 1999) at the North Iowa Mercy Health Center East, Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, at the United Methodist Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.

Friends may call from 5 until 7 p.m. on Monday at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, and one hour prior to services on Tuesday at the church.

The family of Marvyle Gertrude Simmons Taylor has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Clear Lake United Methodist Church or the Easter Seal Society of Iowa in her memory.

Marvyle was born Nov. 11, 1918, in Buffalo Center, the daughter of Lewis Elwin and Vivian Mable (Dingman) Simmons.

She attended and received her education in the Clear Lake, Ventura, Klemme and Hayfield school systems. She graduated from Hayfield School in 1936. After completing her schooling, she worked as a clerk in her father's grocery store, and also belonged to 4-H and was active in the Methodist church.

On Oct. 6, 1937 she was united in marriage to Herbert Owen Taylor in Algona. After their marriage, they farmed for 17 years west of
Hayfield and east of Goodell. In 1954, they moved to Clear Lake where her husband worked for Allied Mills for 26 years.

Marvyle was a member of the United Methodist Church and was active on several committees, and also held local offices, including that of president of the United Methodist District Women. She sang in the church choir, taught Sunday school, was a lay speaker, took part in Bible Studies as a guide and also lead prayer groups. She was President of the Sorosis Club and a member of the Golden Anniversary Club, Chairman of the telephone prayer chain, UMC Iowa annual Conference Delegate, visited care centers, read to a blind friend who was a resident at a care center and volunteered at the Opportunity Village Store. She also collected music boxes, coffee cups and poems. She loved children and music.

Marvyle enjoyed life and loved her family and friends. She believed in living one day at a time and that "Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our gift to God."

Marvyle greatly appreciated that the North Iowa Mercy Health Heart Center in Mason City allowed her life to be extended, which enriched her and her family and friends.

Left to cherish her memory are three sons, Terry Alan Taylor of Clear Lake, Ross Elwin Taylor of Clear Lake and Douglas Owen Taylor and his wife, Barb, of Menasha, Wis.; one daughter, Colleen Jo Taylor of Clear Lake; three grandchildren, Jonathan Langston, Joshua and Heidi Taylor; one sister, Edna Howick and her husband, Max, of Deerwood, Minn.; and two brothers, Earl James Edmundson and his wife, Lavonne, of Deerwood, Minn, and Daryl Edmundson of New Mexico; and several nieces and nephews and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1989; her parents; five brothers, Beldon, Merle, Don, Bob and Jackie Lee; and two sisters,
Evelyn Jackson and Lois Gene Edmundson.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel.


source: Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, 29 May 1999, page A7, column 1