The Norman Transcript
September 14, 1992
Elsie Rapier Taylor, 84, died at Norman on Saturday, Sept. 12.
Services for the Norman educator are planned for 3 p.m. Wednesday
in Primrose Chapel, with the Rev. W. Glenn Doak, Jr. officiating.
Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction
of Primrose Funeral Service.
Born in the State of Washington on May 2, 1908, she was the
daughter of Cecil and Elsie Rapier. She married Joe Taylor
at Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1930.
A retired elementary school teacher, Mrs. Taylor taught school
for three years in Washington and also served as a school
principal. After moving to Norman 60 years ago, she taught for
five years at an experimental pre-school in the College of Education
at the University of Oklahoma, and for 17 years in the Norman
Public School System.
Mrs. Taylor was a member of the Wabukani, Book Review and
University of Oklahoma Faculty Clubs, and the First Presbyterian
Church, where she taught Sunday school.
Mrs. Taylor is survived by her husband, Joe of the home, and
her sister, Louise Guay of Chehalis, Wash.
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