NEW CONCORD Mary Elizabeth Taylor, 69, of New Concord, died
Wednesday
(March 28, 2001) at The Beckett House, New Concord, following
a brief illness.
She was born June 21, 1931, in Cambridge, daughter of the late Berl H. and Velma Mae (Stackhouse) Brill.
Mrs. Taylor retired in 1988 from Kroger of Cambridge after 41 years of service. She was a member of Bloomfield Presbyterian Church, New Concord Garden Club and U.F.C.W. of Columbus.
She leaves her husband, John W. Taylor, whom she married Sept. 28, 1951; three sisters, Nettie R. Leighner and Margaret Emily Zipperich, both of Cambridge, and Ruth Ann Dunfee of Bowling Green, Ky.; two brothers, James B. Brill of Cambridge and Robert L. Brill of Corning; several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Mock-Miller Funeral Home, New Concord, where services will be 1 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Martin Radcliff officiating.
Burial will be in Bloomfield Cemetery.
I met Mary shortly after I moved to bloomfield almost eight years ago. She served as a deacon during my early years, and I came to love and admire her very much. She was one of the most creative and resourceful people I'Ve ever known! She was always collecting things with an eye to using them someday for something, and she always managed to find something! I've seen the stairway in her house- full of family portraits, some old, some recent. She and John, for the last 25 years, have bought old picture frames wherever they found them. They were put to wonderful use! She used this same creativity in the church, decorating for special occasions. She always seemed to have just the right accent! And I always admired her flower garden- very unique! She had a compassionate heart, and was easily touched by the suffering and need of others. This made her a very good Deacon. She worked for 41 years for Krogers in Cambridge. My father worked in the grocery business for over 50 years, and I learned a lot of that business from the inside. It's not always easy, but Mary loved it and did very well at it. Back after the flood of '98, when Krogers had to move its merchandise to trailers in the parking lot in case the store flooded, she told me of other occasions when they had to do that. Her life didn't go untouched by tragedy. I remember when her asthma started to worsen, and how she had to start some very strong medication to try to control it- medicine so strong that only something as serious as not being able to breathe could justify its use. Sometimes she would get to the point that she couldn't talk. Then the signs of her last illness began to appear. Eventually she had to go to the Beckett House, and the Lord has seen fit to take her to Himself quickly. Certainly we miss her, but we know whom she is with, and we rejoice for her even through our tears.