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Gleora Arlene Herr (Taylor) - Class Of 1954 VIEW PROFILE

Gleora Arlene Herr (Taylor)

Gleora A. "Glee" (Hess) Taylor

March 2, 1936 - Feb. 21, 2008
SPRINGFIELD, IL - Gleora "Glee" Arlene (Herr) Taylor, 71, of Springfield died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at Memorial Medical Center. She was born March 2, 1936, in a farmhouse in Lakeville, Ind., the daughter of Elmer and Chelo Grenert Herr. She married Vesper L. Taylor on Dec. 16, 1967, in South Bend, Ind.

She was a 1954 gradate of Riley High School in South Bend and graduated from Anderson College with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1960. She also attended Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., for graduate work.

She was an elementary school teacher in South Bend and also taught at the Montessori Children's House. She was an active member of the First Church of God and a devoted Sunday school teacher. She was a member of the Sangamon County HEA and "Abe's Babe's" Red Hats Society. She also was an artist and a Scout leader.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and two half sisters, Marietta Stump and Lela Whitmer. She is survived by her daughter, Vanessa White (husband, David) of Springfield; son, Maj. Aaron T. Taylor of Washington, D.C.; granddaughter, Taylor Marie White; grandson, Jacob David White; sister, Bonieta "Bonnie" Babb (husband, Harold "Gene") of Anderson, Ind.; brother, Donald D. Herr (wife, Sandy) of South Bend; two nieces; three nephews; and several great-nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, at First Church of God, 2800 Stevenson Drive, with the funeral service at 4 p.m. at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the First Church of God, 2800 Stevenson Drive, Springfield, IL 62703. Ellinger-Kunz & Park Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 530 N. Fifth St., is in charge of arrangements.

Published by South Bend Tribune on Feb. 23, 2008.

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