Marilyn Joyce Taylor, age 80, of Coon Rapids, IA, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2020 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll surrounded by her family.
A public graveside service will be held at Union Township Cemetery near Coon Rapids at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 with Rev. Joyce Webb of the United Methodist Church in Coon Rapids officiating.
Those in attendance at the cemetery are asked to abide by Covid – 19 social distancing guidelines and face masks are recommended.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Coon Rapids and online condolences may be left for the family at www.dahnandwoodhouse.com
Marilyn was born on September 25, 1939 in Coon Rapids, IA, and was the daughter of Chris and Beulah (Mahan) Andersen. She grew up in Coon Rapids where she graduated from high school in 1957. Marilyn worked at the Garst and Thomas Seed Company as a secretary before starting her family. Marilyn was a devoted daughter and sister who helped care for her five siblings.
In 1959, Marilyn was united in marriage to Larry Dean Taylor at Willow St. Methodist Church in Ottumwa by Rev. Cecil Latta. The couple moved to Bayard, IA, and Garner, IA, with Larry’s career with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and later settled in Coon Rapids. Marilyn worked as an Avon sales rep, a child care provider and a seed corn processor in the early years. She then served as a seed lab technician for Garst Seed Company for over 20 years.
Marilyn was a devoted mother of three children and grandmother of five. She spent countless hours supporting, caring and loving her kids, and she and Larry were well known to express their pride and adoration of them.
Left to cherish Marilyn’s memory are her children: Scott (Nancy) Taylor of Estherville, IA, Jane (Karl) Ritter of Wichita Falls, TX, David Taylor of Webster City, IA; grandchildren: Matt Taylor (Cassandra O’Shea – Taylor), Reece Taylor, Livia Taylor, Kathryn (Andy) Jochems and Alexander Ritter; her two sisters Loretta (Roger) Rumelhart of Coon Rapids and Karen (Jerry) Colbert of Coon Rapids; three sisters-in-law Elaine Andersen of Coon Rapids and Audrey Troutman (Gary) of Coon Rapids and Sharon Bell of Ankeny, IA; a brother-in-law Eugene Taylor (Carol) of Sun City West, AZ and many loved nieces and nephews.
Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents Chris and Beulah Andersen; her mother and father-in-law Paul and Thelma Taylor; three brothers William, Jerry and Richard; a sister-in-law Alice Taylolr; and her husband Larry Taylor in 2019.
