Frances
Frances Lucille Taylor
d. February 15, 2012
Frances Lucille Taylor, 93, Altus, OK passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at Plantation Village Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Tamarack Road Church of Christ with Clint Burns officiating. Burial will follow at Altus City Cemetery under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home.
Frances Lucille Dalton was born May 4, 1918 to Zachariah H. and Wilma Leola (Hall) Dalton in Boswell, Oklahoma. She graduated from Bennington High School, Bennington, OK and later received her B.A. and Masters at Southeastern Oklahoma University. January 12, 1935, Lucille married Earl Taylor in Durant, Oklahoma. They moved to Altus in 1996 to be near their son. Earl passed away January 20, 2002 after 67 years of marriage.
Lucille grew up in the depression days, when times were hard. She worked on the farm with her dad and later with her husband as a sharecropper. They bought their own farm in the late 40’s and started a dairy farm (hand milking) about 20 cows - twice daily, 365 days a year. They had a bottled milk route, sold cream, butter and buttermilk. Much of the later years, she worked as a secretary. She quit the milk business in 1958 and finished her college degree and taught special needs children for 19 years, winning many state and national awards for her innovative teaching techniques for special needs children. She was a gifted seamstress making many kinds of clothing for herself and her family. Lucille loved working in the garden with her vegetables. She also enjoyed fishing, hunting and traveling.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one son, Earl Taylor, Jr.; two sisters, Lorene Campo, Faye Lauderdale; and an infant brother Z.H. Dalton, Jr.
Lucille is survived by one son, Bobby Taylor and wife, Carla, of Altus, OK; one daughter-in-law, Linda Taylor Barnes of Springfield, MO; 7 grandchildren, Scott Taylor and wife, Eva, Steven Taylor and wife, Rachelle, and Sean Taylor and wife, Beth, all of Springfield, MO, Marsha Alexander and husband, Robert, of Duke, OK, Joyce Gastineau and husband, Russell, of Hydro, OK, Kyle Eshelman and Todd Eshelman of Altus, OK; one brother, James R. Dalton and wife, Dorothy, of Oklahoma City, OK; eleven great-grandchildren, Justin Gastineau, R.J. Gastineau, Jessica Taylor, Christian Taylor, Abby Taylor, Trey Taylor, Elizabeth Alexander, Emily Alexander, Audrey Taylor, Kade Taylor, Kynlee Taylor; two great-great-grandchildren, Hunter Gastineau and Ryker Gastineau; and a host of family and friends.
Memorials are requested by the family to be made to the Tamarack Road Church of Christ Outside Fellowship Area. A visitation will be Friday evening from 7:00 – 8:00 at Kincannon Funeral Home for family and friends.
Frances Lucille Dalton was born May 4, 1918 to Zachariah H. and Wilma Leola (Hall) Dalton in Boswell, Oklahoma. She graduated from Bennington High School, Bennington, OK and later received her B.A. and Masters at Southeastern Oklahoma University. January 12, 1935, Lucille married Earl Taylor in Durant, Oklahoma. They moved to Altus in 1996 to be near their son. Earl passed away January 20, 2002 after 67 years of marriage.
Lucille grew up in the depression days, when times were hard. She worked on the farm with her dad and later with her husband as a sharecropper. They bought their own farm in the late 40’s and started a dairy farm (hand milking) about 20 cows - twice daily, 365 days a year. They had a bottled milk route, sold cream, butter and buttermilk. Much of the later years, she worked as a secretary. She quit the milk business in 1958 and finished her college degree and taught special needs children for 19 years, winning many state and national awards for her innovative teaching techniques for special needs children. She was a gifted seamstress making many kinds of clothing for herself and her family. Lucille loved working in the garden with her vegetables. She also enjoyed fishing, hunting and traveling.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one son, Earl Taylor, Jr.; two sisters, Lorene Campo, Faye Lauderdale; and an infant brother Z.H. Dalton, Jr.
Lucille is survived by one son, Bobby Taylor and wife, Carla, of Altus, OK; one daughter-in-law, Linda Taylor Barnes of Springfield, MO; 7 grandchildren, Scott Taylor and wife, Eva, Steven Taylor and wife, Rachelle, and Sean Taylor and wife, Beth, all of Springfield, MO, Marsha Alexander and husband, Robert, of Duke, OK, Joyce Gastineau and husband, Russell, of Hydro, OK, Kyle Eshelman and Todd Eshelman of Altus, OK; one brother, James R. Dalton and wife, Dorothy, of Oklahoma City, OK; eleven great-grandchildren, Justin Gastineau, R.J. Gastineau, Jessica Taylor, Christian Taylor, Abby Taylor, Trey Taylor, Elizabeth Alexander, Emily Alexander, Audrey Taylor, Kade Taylor, Kynlee Taylor; two great-great-grandchildren, Hunter Gastineau and Ryker Gastineau; and a host of family and friends.
Memorials are requested by the family to be made to the Tamarack Road Church of Christ Outside Fellowship Area. A visitation will be Friday evening from 7:00 – 8:00 at Kincannon Funeral Home for family and friends.
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