Raymond James Taylor

1913 - 1961  (48 years)

• Name	Raymond James Taylor
  Born	1913	, British Columbia, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Elected Office	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	town councillor - Elmira
  	six years
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98620500
  Military	WW2 - RCAF
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-114552
  Died	18 Jun 1961	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I114552	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Hall Taylor,   b. 25 May 1883, Binbrook Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. 24 Nov 1931, Ganges, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Ethna Annie Thornton,   b. 8 Sep 1889, Tamworth, Lennox Addington, Ontario ,   d. 19 Jun 1980, Chilliwack, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F63766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Minnie Arlene "Arlene" Smith,   b. 27 Apr 1912, Scott, Ontario Co., Ontario ,   d. 22 Dec 2004  (Age 92 years)
  Children	1. Kathryn Arlene Taylor
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F35351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Raymond J. Taylor By Record Staff Writer ELMIRA An Elmira District High School teacher and former town councillor. Raymond J. Taylor, 48, died in K-W Hospital Monday. Mr. Taylor coached many school teams to championships in basketball and track and field. He also coached local minor hockey teams for more than 10 years. A town councillor for six years, he had been chairman of the fire and police committees. Mr. Taylor was a former supervisor of the swimming pool here and a director of the Central Western Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association. He was past president and secretary of the Elmira Community Service Club and a past chairman of the Recreation Council. For seven years he was secretary of the Elmira and Woolwich Agricultural Society sponsor of the Elmira Fall Fair and a member of the Lions Club Mr. Taylor was an elder of the Wesley United Church and superintendent of the junior Sunday school. An RCAF veteran of the Second World War, he was a prisoner of war for two years. He spent his boyhood in British Columbia and obtained bachelor of arts degree at McMaster University. Prior to the war he taught school for four years at Watford. Surviving are his wife, the former Arlene Smith; two sons James and Thomas: four daughters, Anne, Catherine Mary Ruth and Nancy, all a home; his mother, Mrs. Henry H. Taylor, Chilliwack, B.C five brothers, William of Kitchener, Edwin and Russell Burlington, Allen of Vancouver and Gordon of Cypress River Man.; three sisters, Mrs. Jame (Margaret) Flowers of Woodstock, Mrs. Earl (Dorothy) Miller of Chilliwack and Mr Charles (Alice) O'Malley Vancouver The body will be at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, until Wednesday noon when removal will be made Wesley United Church for sevice at 3 p.m. Rev. Donald Bager will officiate. Interment will be in Elmira Cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 20 Jun 1961, Tue Page 5

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1913 - , British Columbia, Canada Elected Office - town councillor - Elmira - - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Jun 1961 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth