LeOra Lowe was the first of three daughters born to Oussie Kingsford Lowe and Bertha Whitehead Lowe. She was born June 30, 1907 in Franklin (called Cherryville), Idaho. That same year, her family moved to the Whitehead farm.
In 1914 She started school in a one-room schoolhouse. She was taken there by horse and wagon, as her father drove the milk wagon.
LeOra had two sisters, Reva born Nov. 26, 1909 and Retta born Dec. 30, 1911. On Feb 6, 1915 their mother Bertha died giving birth to a baby boy, leaving Oussie and three daughters to fend for themselves. Different ones came to care for the three girls. Oussie's sister Belvia came and kept house after her husband died, and LeOra's Grandma Lowe cared for them sometimes.
On Feb 6, 1918 Oussie married Syrena Kinney. LeOra, being the oldest, was given much responsibility for the care of her sisters and helping with housework. In 1920 a doctor told her she would not live to be 18 because of a heart condition. The family moved to Grace, Idaho and then in 1921 moved back to Franklin.
In 1922 LeOra graduated fom eighth-grade and the family bought Grandma Elizabeth K. Lowe's farm on Maple Creek. She attended Franklin High School 1923-1925. She quit school to earn her own way and began working for the Haddocks in Paris, Idaho. Mr. Haddock was blind, but even in later life recognized LeOra's voice. She kept house and cared for the children while they ran their Hardware Store. It was here she met Carson Taylor.
On June 29, 1927, LeOra married Carson Taylor in the Logan Temple. They immediately moved down to Budge's ranch below Paris where Carson was the foreman. LeOra cooked for the workers on the ranch until her first child, Bertha was born Apr. 10, 1929 in Jim Taylor's house in Paris. In 1933 they moved from the ranch into Paris. Her son Clyde Carson was born Dec. 18, 1933 in Grandpa Arthur Taylor's house in Paris.
In 1937 her Grandma Elizabeth K. Lowe died making her very sad.
They bought the Frank Budge home on the hill in Paris where a daughter, Merlyn was born Feb 6, 1938. On Apr. 22, 1941 another daughter, Cleone was born in the house. The last child, a son, Twayne LaMont was born Oct. 13, 1944 in Bear Lake Memorial Hospital in Montpelier, Idaho.
She made sure her daughters had piano lessons, something she had always wanted herself. She taught them embroidery and crocheting and Clyde learned along with them. All her children were taught to help with daily chores. She was the one who made sure there were family prayers.
Although she was a stay-at-home mother, she always found little odd jobs to do to earn spending money. Usually her daughters were with her when she cleaned Aunt Mercy Kelsey's house or volunteered to clean the schoolhouse before school resumed in the fall. She also worked in the lunch kitchen at Emerson School.
She had an operation for removal of tumors Aug. 10, 1956 and another operation in LDS Hospital in Salt Lake for removal of gall bladder Sept. 27, 1969. Her heart had been giving her problems for many years. She died in Bear Lake Memorial Hospital at 7:00 p.m. Mar. 24, 1971. Her funeral was Mar. 27, 1971 at 1:00 p.m. with speakers Amos Hulme and Vern Peterson. She was buried in the Paris Cemetery.
LeOra Lowe Taylor was a faithful and dedicated LDS member. She worked 35 years in the Primary and nearly as many in the MIA. She was always bright and cheerful. She loved to laugh and had an infectious sense of humor. She loved people and was truly a good neighbor, helping others whenever the opportunity arose. She served all her married life as a Relief Society teacher. She had many good qualities such as honesty, integrity, determination, courage, faith, efficiency, self-confidence, kindness, and respect for others. She set a good example trying to instill these qualities in her children and expected the best from those whose lives she touched. She suffered during her life time with much illness; and heart trouble during the last ten years of her life. She stood up bravely under her burdens, complaining very little, if any. In death she had a reprieve from pain. The loss is to the living, and I, for one, miss her very much. I am a better person for having known her, and I'm so proud I can call her MOTHER.
Written from an interview with her and my own knowledge as her daughter, Merlyn Taylor.
In 1914 She started school in a one-room schoolhouse. She was taken there by horse and wagon, as her father drove the milk wagon.
LeOra had two sisters, Reva born Nov. 26, 1909 and Retta born Dec. 30, 1911. On Feb 6, 1915 their mother Bertha died giving birth to a baby boy, leaving Oussie and three daughters to fend for themselves. Different ones came to care for the three girls. Oussie's sister Belvia came and kept house after her husband died, and LeOra's Grandma Lowe cared for them sometimes.
On Feb 6, 1918 Oussie married Syrena Kinney. LeOra, being the oldest, was given much responsibility for the care of her sisters and helping with housework. In 1920 a doctor told her she would not live to be 18 because of a heart condition. The family moved to Grace, Idaho and then in 1921 moved back to Franklin.
In 1922 LeOra graduated fom eighth-grade and the family bought Grandma Elizabeth K. Lowe's farm on Maple Creek. She attended Franklin High School 1923-1925. She quit school to earn her own way and began working for the Haddocks in Paris, Idaho. Mr. Haddock was blind, but even in later life recognized LeOra's voice. She kept house and cared for the children while they ran their Hardware Store. It was here she met Carson Taylor.
On June 29, 1927, LeOra married Carson Taylor in the Logan Temple. They immediately moved down to Budge's ranch below Paris where Carson was the foreman. LeOra cooked for the workers on the ranch until her first child, Bertha was born Apr. 10, 1929 in Jim Taylor's house in Paris. In 1933 they moved from the ranch into Paris. Her son Clyde Carson was born Dec. 18, 1933 in Grandpa Arthur Taylor's house in Paris.
In 1937 her Grandma Elizabeth K. Lowe died making her very sad.
They bought the Frank Budge home on the hill in Paris where a daughter, Merlyn was born Feb 6, 1938. On Apr. 22, 1941 another daughter, Cleone was born in the house. The last child, a son, Twayne LaMont was born Oct. 13, 1944 in Bear Lake Memorial Hospital in Montpelier, Idaho.
She made sure her daughters had piano lessons, something she had always wanted herself. She taught them embroidery and crocheting and Clyde learned along with them. All her children were taught to help with daily chores. She was the one who made sure there were family prayers.
Although she was a stay-at-home mother, she always found little odd jobs to do to earn spending money. Usually her daughters were with her when she cleaned Aunt Mercy Kelsey's house or volunteered to clean the schoolhouse before school resumed in the fall. She also worked in the lunch kitchen at Emerson School.
She had an operation for removal of tumors Aug. 10, 1956 and another operation in LDS Hospital in Salt Lake for removal of gall bladder Sept. 27, 1969. Her heart had been giving her problems for many years. She died in Bear Lake Memorial Hospital at 7:00 p.m. Mar. 24, 1971. Her funeral was Mar. 27, 1971 at 1:00 p.m. with speakers Amos Hulme and Vern Peterson. She was buried in the Paris Cemetery.
LeOra Lowe Taylor was a faithful and dedicated LDS member. She worked 35 years in the Primary and nearly as many in the MIA. She was always bright and cheerful. She loved to laugh and had an infectious sense of humor. She loved people and was truly a good neighbor, helping others whenever the opportunity arose. She served all her married life as a Relief Society teacher. She had many good qualities such as honesty, integrity, determination, courage, faith, efficiency, self-confidence, kindness, and respect for others. She set a good example trying to instill these qualities in her children and expected the best from those whose lives she touched. She suffered during her life time with much illness; and heart trouble during the last ten years of her life. She stood up bravely under her burdens, complaining very little, if any. In death she had a reprieve from pain. The loss is to the living, and I, for one, miss her very much. I am a better person for having known her, and I'm so proud I can call her MOTHER.
Written from an interview with her and my own knowledge as her daughter, Merlyn Taylor.
LeOra Lowe was the first of three daughters born to Oussie Kingsford Lowe and Bertha Whitehead Lowe. She was born June 30, 1907 in Franklin (called Cherryville), Idaho. That same year, her family moved to the Whitehead farm.
In 1914 She started school in a one-room schoolhouse. She was taken there by horse and wagon, as her father drove the milk wagon.
LeOra had two sisters, Reva born Nov. 26, 1909 and Retta born Dec. 30, 1911. On Feb 6, 1915 their mother Bertha died giving birth to a baby boy, leaving Oussie and three daughters to fend for themselves. Different ones came to care for the three girls. Oussie's sister Belvia came and kept house after her husband died, and LeOra's Grandma Lowe cared for them sometimes.
On Feb 6, 1918 Oussie married Syrena Kinney. LeOra, being the oldest, was given much responsibility for the care of her sisters and helping with housework. In 1920 a doctor told her she would not live to be 18 because of a heart condition. The family moved to Grace, Idaho and then in 1921 moved back to Franklin.
In 1922 LeOra graduated fom eighth-grade and the family bought Grandma Elizabeth K. Lowe's farm on Maple Creek. She attended Franklin High School 1923-1925. She quit school to earn her own way and began working for the Haddocks in Paris, Idaho. Mr. Haddock was blind, but even in later life recognized LeOra's voice. She kept house and cared for the children while they ran their Hardware Store. It was here she met Carson Taylor.
On June 29, 1927, LeOra married Carson Taylor in the Logan Temple. They immediately moved down to Budge's ranch below Paris where Carson was the foreman. LeOra cooked for the workers on the ranch until her first child, Bertha was born Apr. 10, 1929 in Jim Taylor's house in Paris. In 1933 they moved from the ranch into Paris. Her son Clyde Carson was born Dec. 18, 1933 in Grandpa Arthur Taylor's house in Paris.
In 1937 her Grandma Elizabeth K. Lowe died making her very sad.
They bought the Frank Budge home on the hill in Paris where a daughter, Merlyn was born Feb 6, 1938. On Apr. 22, 1941 another daughter, Cleone was born in the house. The last child, a son, Twayne LaMont was born Oct. 13, 1944 in Bear Lake Memorial Hospital in Montpelier, Idaho.
She made sure her daughters had piano lessons, something she had always wanted herself. She taught them embroidery and crocheting and Clyde learned along with them. All her children were taught to help with daily chores. She was the one who made sure there were family prayers.
Although she was a stay-at-home mother, she always found little odd jobs to do to earn spending money. Usually her daughters were with her when she cleaned Aunt Mercy Kelsey's house or volunteered to clean the schoolhouse before school resumed in the fall. She also worked in the lunch kitchen at Emerson School.
She had an operation for removal of tumors Aug. 10, 1956 and another operation in LDS Hospital in Salt Lake for removal of gall bladder Sept. 27, 1969. Her heart had been giving her problems for many years. She died in Bear Lake Memorial Hospital at 7:00 p.m. Mar. 24, 1971. Her funeral was Mar. 27, 1971 at 1:00 p.m. with speakers Amos Hulme and Vern Peterson. She was buried in the Paris Cemetery.
LeOra Lowe Taylor was a faithful and dedicated LDS member. She worked 35 years in the Primary and nearly as many in the MIA. She was always bright and cheerful. She loved to laugh and had an infectious sense of humor. She loved people and was truly a good neighbor, helping others whenever the opportunity arose. She served all her married life as a Relief Society teacher. She had many good qualities such as honesty, integrity, determination, courage, faith, efficiency, self-confidence, kindness, and respect for others. She set a good example trying to instill these qualities in her children and expected the best from those whose lives she touched. She suffered during her life time with much illness; and heart trouble during the last ten years of her life. She stood up bravely under her burdens, complaining very little, if any. In death she had a reprieve from pain. The loss is to the living, and I, for one, miss her very much. I am a better person for having known her, and I'm so proud I can call her MOTHER.
Written from an interview with her and my own knowledge as her daughter, Merlyn Taylor.
In 1914 She started school in a one-room schoolhouse. She was taken there by horse and wagon, as her father drove the milk wagon.
LeOra had two sisters, Reva born Nov. 26, 1909 and Retta born Dec. 30, 1911. On Feb 6, 1915 their mother Bertha died giving birth to a baby boy, leaving Oussie and three daughters to fend for themselves. Different ones came to care for the three girls. Oussie's sister Belvia came and kept house after her husband died, and LeOra's Grandma Lowe cared for them sometimes.
On Feb 6, 1918 Oussie married Syrena Kinney. LeOra, being the oldest, was given much responsibility for the care of her sisters and helping with housework. In 1920 a doctor told her she would not live to be 18 because of a heart condition. The family moved to Grace, Idaho and then in 1921 moved back to Franklin.
In 1922 LeOra graduated fom eighth-grade and the family bought Grandma Elizabeth K. Lowe's farm on Maple Creek. She attended Franklin High School 1923-1925. She quit school to earn her own way and began working for the Haddocks in Paris, Idaho. Mr. Haddock was blind, but even in later life recognized LeOra's voice. She kept house and cared for the children while they ran their Hardware Store. It was here she met Carson Taylor.
On June 29, 1927, LeOra married Carson Taylor in the Logan Temple. They immediately moved down to Budge's ranch below Paris where Carson was the foreman. LeOra cooked for the workers on the ranch until her first child, Bertha was born Apr. 10, 1929 in Jim Taylor's house in Paris. In 1933 they moved from the ranch into Paris. Her son Clyde Carson was born Dec. 18, 1933 in Grandpa Arthur Taylor's house in Paris.
In 1937 her Grandma Elizabeth K. Lowe died making her very sad.
They bought the Frank Budge home on the hill in Paris where a daughter, Merlyn was born Feb 6, 1938. On Apr. 22, 1941 another daughter, Cleone was born in the house. The last child, a son, Twayne LaMont was born Oct. 13, 1944 in Bear Lake Memorial Hospital in Montpelier, Idaho.
She made sure her daughters had piano lessons, something she had always wanted herself. She taught them embroidery and crocheting and Clyde learned along with them. All her children were taught to help with daily chores. She was the one who made sure there were family prayers.
Although she was a stay-at-home mother, she always found little odd jobs to do to earn spending money. Usually her daughters were with her when she cleaned Aunt Mercy Kelsey's house or volunteered to clean the schoolhouse before school resumed in the fall. She also worked in the lunch kitchen at Emerson School.
She had an operation for removal of tumors Aug. 10, 1956 and another operation in LDS Hospital in Salt Lake for removal of gall bladder Sept. 27, 1969. Her heart had been giving her problems for many years. She died in Bear Lake Memorial Hospital at 7:00 p.m. Mar. 24, 1971. Her funeral was Mar. 27, 1971 at 1:00 p.m. with speakers Amos Hulme and Vern Peterson. She was buried in the Paris Cemetery.
LeOra Lowe Taylor was a faithful and dedicated LDS member. She worked 35 years in the Primary and nearly as many in the MIA. She was always bright and cheerful. She loved to laugh and had an infectious sense of humor. She loved people and was truly a good neighbor, helping others whenever the opportunity arose. She served all her married life as a Relief Society teacher. She had many good qualities such as honesty, integrity, determination, courage, faith, efficiency, self-confidence, kindness, and respect for others. She set a good example trying to instill these qualities in her children and expected the best from those whose lives she touched. She suffered during her life time with much illness; and heart trouble during the last ten years of her life. She stood up bravely under her burdens, complaining very little, if any. In death she had a reprieve from pain. The loss is to the living, and I, for one, miss her very much. I am a better person for having known her, and I'm so proud I can call her MOTHER.
Written from an interview with her and my own knowledge as her daughter, Merlyn Taylor.
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