Taylor

Frances Lorene "Renie" Taylor, 82, formerly of Crisswell Road, Butler, died at 5:37 p.m. Friday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born Nov. 2, 1925, in Penn Township, she was the daughter of B. Harry and Mabel E. Richard Dodds.

Mrs. Taylor was employed with the County of Butler for 25 years. After that she worked for the Butler School District as a library secretary at Butler High School and at five elementary schools for more than 15 years.

Following her retirement from the Butler School District in August 1985, she traveled on various bus trips until 1988. Then, she became a certified nurses aide and worked for the Visiting Nurses Association in the complete care unit for a number of years. Afterward, she became self-employed, caring for several well-known elderly folks of Butler County. She was a volunteer driver and did other various types of volunteer work in her later years.

Mrs. Taylor authored five family histories and one history of her foster brother, Wilmer B. Hoffman. She was general chairman of four Penn Township high school class reunions, 1973, 1975, 1980 and 1985. She was a member of the American Association of Retired Persons and the Pennsylvania Retired Public School Employees Association. She was a member of St. Andrews United Presbyterian Church and a former member of the Meridian Community Choir.

Mrs. Taylor is survived by two of her stepsons, Arthur W. Taylor of Youngstown, Pa., and Larry Paul Taylor of Elmira, N.Y.; a number of nieces and nephews, and by several cousins.

Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur W. Taylor, who died March 19, 1983; her brother, David B. Dodds, and her foster brother.

<B>TAYLOR</B> — Friends of Frances Lorene "Renie" Taylor, who died Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, will be received from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in North Side Cemetery.Information and private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.