Cobleskill- Mrs. Leila E. Taylor, 90, of Iroquois Drive, died Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown following a brief illness.
Mrs. Taylor was born August 10, 1917 in Manhattan, the daughter of Mads Frederik and Margaret L.(Jacobsen) Jensen.
She was a member of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cobleskill.
Her husband, John H. Taylor, Sr., predeceased her on September 10, 1988.
Survivors include 4 children: John H. (Bonita) Taylor, Jr. of Colorado Springs, CO, Marian Taylor Cerniglia of Sterling, VA, Lorraine Taylor (Robert) Szapka of Paramus, NJ, and Donald R. (Brenda) Taylor of Wallkill, NY; 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, December 29 at Mereness-Putnam Funeral Home 171 Elm St. Cobleskill. Friends may call from 2 to 3 PM at the funeral home on Saturday prior to the service. Spring interment will be in Cobleskill Rural Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church 615 Main St. Cobleskill, NY 12043 or Catskill Area Hospice Hope Foundation 327 West Main St. Ste 3 Cobleskill, NY 12043.