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Taylor, Lillian G.
Lillian G. Taylor, 96, a resident of Willow Gardens in Marion, died there Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, from a short illness. Per Lillian's request there will be a private family memorial service. Inurnment: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Cedar Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include her son, John; daughter–in-law, Diane; grandchildren, Sean, Tanya, Angie and Jason; a brother and sister-in-law, H. Frank Taylor and Wilma Taylor; and sister–in-law, Beverly Antonsen.
Lillian was preceded in death by her sisters, Evelyn Albinson, Gloria Murphy, Irene Antonsen and Virginia Wennblom; and her brothers, Arnie and Rodney Antonsen.
Lillian was born Oct. 18, 1912, in Minneapolis, the daughter of Martin and Nana Larson Antonsen. She married John W. Taylor on April 8, 1944, in South Carolina. He died in 1982. Lillian was a homemaker and a member of Beta Sigma Phi and the Sons of Norway.
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