Born in Montcalm, Ila Rose Taylor was the daughter of Violet J. Rose Taylor and Leonard L. Taylor, of Montcalm, Mercer county, WV.
She was a class valedictorian & graduated from Bramwell High School,Mercer county, WV 1951.*
She joined the Women's Army Air Corps.
Ila was a medic**, serving during the Korean Conflict.
She was outgoing and vivacious, liking bright colors, music, dancing, and generally having fun.
She also enjoyed target shooting and was a good shot.
She was a dutiful, generous daughter; sending money home for both her parents & her husbands'.
Together they took photographs still owned by the families, of her home and his.
Her name is registered at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. A marker is placed with her name at Mercer county courthouse, Princeton, WV.
Ila was survived by her parents, sisters, brothers, both husbands, three sons, one stepson, two stepdaughters and her extended family.
Her early death was caused by aneurysm and cerebral
hemorrhage; she did not recover from surgery.
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From Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
30 May 1969:
Funeral services for
Mrs. Ila Rose Taylor Rhoden, 37,
of Arnold, Md., formerly of Montcalm,
who died Tuesday in a Washington, D. C. hospital following a short illness;
will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m.
at CravensShires Funeral Home in Bluewell
with Rev. Rudy Hearn officiating.
Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens
on Bluefield- Princeton Road.
She was a veteran of the Women's Air Force and served
during the Korean Conflict.
She attended the Crystal Church of Christ
and graduated from Bramwell High School in 1951.
Services by Cravens-Shires of Bluewell and the Reverend Rudy Hearn. Ladies of the Montcalm Christian Church were flower bearers.
Pallbearers: Roy Lacy, Tom Warden,
Don and Ray Helmandollar,
Warner Neal, Thomas Watkins,
Eddie Helmandollar, and Edward Taylor.
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Photographs, PROPERTY OF THE FAMILY.
Our thanks to Mr. Kinyon, for adding the images of the markers for Ila and her parents.
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*Her graduation turned from a happy occasion into a family tragedy, as her brother and sisterinlaw had an auto accident en route. Bryant was injured, and his wife killed.
**This information from her brother in law.
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She was a class valedictorian & graduated from Bramwell High School,Mercer county, WV 1951.*
She joined the Women's Army Air Corps.
Ila was a medic**, serving during the Korean Conflict.
She was outgoing and vivacious, liking bright colors, music, dancing, and generally having fun.
She also enjoyed target shooting and was a good shot.
She was a dutiful, generous daughter; sending money home for both her parents & her husbands'.
Together they took photographs still owned by the families, of her home and his.
Her name is registered at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. A marker is placed with her name at Mercer county courthouse, Princeton, WV.
Ila was survived by her parents, sisters, brothers, both husbands, three sons, one stepson, two stepdaughters and her extended family.
Her early death was caused by aneurysm and cerebral
hemorrhage; she did not recover from surgery.
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From Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
30 May 1969:
Funeral services for
Mrs. Ila Rose Taylor Rhoden, 37,
of Arnold, Md., formerly of Montcalm,
who died Tuesday in a Washington, D. C. hospital following a short illness;
will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m.
at CravensShires Funeral Home in Bluewell
with Rev. Rudy Hearn officiating.
Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens
on Bluefield- Princeton Road.
She was a veteran of the Women's Air Force and served
during the Korean Conflict.
She attended the Crystal Church of Christ
and graduated from Bramwell High School in 1951.
Services by Cravens-Shires of Bluewell and the Reverend Rudy Hearn. Ladies of the Montcalm Christian Church were flower bearers.
Pallbearers: Roy Lacy, Tom Warden,
Don and Ray Helmandollar,
Warner Neal, Thomas Watkins,
Eddie Helmandollar, and Edward Taylor.
- - -
Photographs, PROPERTY OF THE FAMILY.
Our thanks to Mr. Kinyon, for adding the images of the markers for Ila and her parents.
_ _ _ _ _
*Her graduation turned from a happy occasion into a family tragedy, as her brother and sisterinlaw had an auto accident en route. Bryant was injured, and his wife killed.
**This information from her brother in law.
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Born in Montcalm, Ila Rose Taylor was the daughter of Violet J. Rose Taylor and Leonard L. Taylor, of Montcalm, Mercer county, WV.
She was a class valedictorian & graduated from Bramwell High School,Mercer county, WV 1951.*
She joined the Women's Army Air Corps.
Ila was a medic**, serving during the Korean Conflict.
She was outgoing and vivacious, liking bright colors, music, dancing, and generally having fun.
She also enjoyed target shooting and was a good shot.
She was a dutiful, generous daughter; sending money home for both her parents & her husbands'.
Together they took photographs still owned by the families, of her home and his.
Her name is registered at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. A marker is placed with her name at Mercer county courthouse, Princeton, WV.
Ila was survived by her parents, sisters, brothers, both husbands, three sons, one stepson, two stepdaughters and her extended family.
Her early death was caused by aneurysm and cerebral
hemorrhage; she did not recover from surgery.
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From Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
30 May 1969:
Funeral services for
Mrs. Ila Rose Taylor Rhoden, 37,
of Arnold, Md., formerly of Montcalm,
who died Tuesday in a Washington, D. C. hospital following a short illness;
will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m.
at CravensShires Funeral Home in Bluewell
with Rev. Rudy Hearn officiating.
Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens
on Bluefield- Princeton Road.
She was a veteran of the Women's Air Force and served
during the Korean Conflict.
She attended the Crystal Church of Christ
and graduated from Bramwell High School in 1951.
Services by Cravens-Shires of Bluewell and the Reverend Rudy Hearn. Ladies of the Montcalm Christian Church were flower bearers.
Pallbearers: Roy Lacy, Tom Warden,
Don and Ray Helmandollar,
Warner Neal, Thomas Watkins,
Eddie Helmandollar, and Edward Taylor.
- - -
Photographs, PROPERTY OF THE FAMILY.
Our thanks to Mr. Kinyon, for adding the images of the markers for Ila and her parents.
_ _ _ _ _
*Her graduation turned from a happy occasion into a family tragedy, as her brother and sisterinlaw had an auto accident en route. Bryant was injured, and his wife killed.
**This information from her brother in law.
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She was a class valedictorian & graduated from Bramwell High School,Mercer county, WV 1951.*
She joined the Women's Army Air Corps.
Ila was a medic**, serving during the Korean Conflict.
She was outgoing and vivacious, liking bright colors, music, dancing, and generally having fun.
She also enjoyed target shooting and was a good shot.
She was a dutiful, generous daughter; sending money home for both her parents & her husbands'.
Together they took photographs still owned by the families, of her home and his.
Her name is registered at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. A marker is placed with her name at Mercer county courthouse, Princeton, WV.
Ila was survived by her parents, sisters, brothers, both husbands, three sons, one stepson, two stepdaughters and her extended family.
Her early death was caused by aneurysm and cerebral
hemorrhage; she did not recover from surgery.
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From Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
30 May 1969:
Funeral services for
Mrs. Ila Rose Taylor Rhoden, 37,
of Arnold, Md., formerly of Montcalm,
who died Tuesday in a Washington, D. C. hospital following a short illness;
will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m.
at CravensShires Funeral Home in Bluewell
with Rev. Rudy Hearn officiating.
Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens
on Bluefield- Princeton Road.
She was a veteran of the Women's Air Force and served
during the Korean Conflict.
She attended the Crystal Church of Christ
and graduated from Bramwell High School in 1951.
Services by Cravens-Shires of Bluewell and the Reverend Rudy Hearn. Ladies of the Montcalm Christian Church were flower bearers.
Pallbearers: Roy Lacy, Tom Warden,
Don and Ray Helmandollar,
Warner Neal, Thomas Watkins,
Eddie Helmandollar, and Edward Taylor.
- - -
Photographs, PROPERTY OF THE FAMILY.
Our thanks to Mr. Kinyon, for adding the images of the markers for Ila and her parents.
_ _ _ _ _
*Her graduation turned from a happy occasion into a family tragedy, as her brother and sisterinlaw had an auto accident en route. Bryant was injured, and his wife killed.
**This information from her brother in law.
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