Eloise Taylor

Bessie “Eloise” Taylor, 95 of Kearney passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022 at Mt. Carmel Home in Kearney. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 4, 2022 at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney with Pastor Steve Shanno officiating. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday with Jon Clemence officiating at the Fullerton Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Bessie Eloise Wagoner Taylor (known as Eloise) was born on March 16, 1926 in Hastings, Nebraska to Jesse and Clara (Helblig) Wagoner. She graduated from Hastings Senior High in 1944. After graduation she joined her two sisters who were living and working in Washington DC during the war years. She was employed by the FBI as a clerk-typist from 1944-1946. She came back to Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln for two years earning an Associate Degree in Home Economics. She met and married Warren Lester Taylor while at the University. They were married August 28, 1948 in Bremerton, Washington where her parents were living at the time. They lived in Lincoln, Nebraska until January 1949 and then moved to O’Neill, Nebraska were Warren worked for Consumers Public Power for two years. After this they moved to the Taylor family farm at Belgrade, Nebraska to help Warren’s dad with the farm. In 1958 they moved to Albion, Nebraska to run and operate the Taylor 66 Oil Company (gas station). Warren and Eloise had this business for 30 years and were blessed with four children. Eloise was an active member in the United Methodist church in Albion for over 50 years and attended the United Methodist church while in Kearney. She worked for 20 years as bookkeeper and office manager for the Taylor 66 Oil Company. Eloise and Warren enjoyed camping and traveling and spent 18 years as “snowbirds” going to Mesa, Arizona in the winters. She loved reading, bird watching, hiking, swimming and meeting new people. There was never a lull in the conversation as she loved to talk to family and friends. Eloise was preceded in death by her husband, Warren Taylor in 2004. She moved to Kearney, Nebraska in 2011 to be near her daughter. She lived in an independent apartment at Regency, and then at Homestead Assisted Living before coming to Mount Carmel skilled nursing care in 2018. She was blessed to have celebrated her 50th Wedding Anniversary and her 90th Birthday with loved ones. She came from a family of 8 children where she was the second to the youngest. Her father was a high school science teacher and instilled a lifelong love for educational pursuits. All of her immediate family of 3 sisters and 4 brothers have preceded her in death. She is survived by her children; Steven Taylor and wife Pam of Kirbyville, MO, Paul Taylor and wife Joyce of Bartlesville, OK, Gloria Geiselman and husband Jeff of Kearney, NE, Richard Taylor and husband Angelo of Scituate, MA; Six grandchildren, Stephanie Cliff and husband Michael of Jenks OK, Brian Taylor and partner Catherine Rescher of Pittsburgh, PA, Amanda Taylor and wife Emily of Jenks, OK, Jessica Clemence and husband Jon of Everett WA, Joshua Geiselman and wife Judith of Riverdale, NE, and Justin Geiselman of Norfolk, NE; 11 great grandchildren, Audrey, Scott, Grant, and Olivia Geiselman, Alexander and Ethan Cliff, Brodie and Eliana Clemence, Ellie, Oakley, and Anderson Taylor as well as nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. Memorials are suggested to the Albion United Methodist Church or to Rowe Sanctuary. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services.

Eloise Taylor

March 16, 1926 - February 26, 2022