ELSIE ANN TAYLOR

CHINOOK Elsie Ann

Albright Taylor, 81, of Chinook,

died at Northern Montana Care

Center in Havre on Saturday,

June 3, 2006.

A graveside

service

will be held

at 3 p.m.

Wednesday

at the

Inverness

Cemetery.

E l s i e

was born

Sept. 15,

1924, at

Rudyard to

Oscar David

Adams and

Emma Louise Lambott. Elsie

grew up in Rudyard and

received her formal education

there.

In 1942, she married Robert

Albright. They made their home

in the Chester community,

where Elsie worked as a

farmwife, homemaker and

mother of three. The Albrights

had been together more than 25

years when their marriage

ended in divorce.

Elsie married John Taylor in

1969. They lived in the Chinook

community throughout their

married life. In 2000, Elsie's

health began to fail due to

emphysema and Parkinson's

disease. She transferred to

Northern Montana Care Center

in Havre, where she lived for

the past six years. Recently she

suffered a serious debillitating

stroke followed by pneumonia.

She was past member of the

V.F.W. Auxiliary and the

Rudyard Saddle Club. Elsie was

a lifelong lover of horses, and

the Taylor's were always eager

participants in the annual

Malta-Landusky Wagon Trail

rides.

Over the years, Elsie played

in many softball, bowling and

horseshoe leagues and tournaments.

She was an excellent

seamstress who made numerous

prom and wedding dresses. She

was also a wonderful cook,

enjoyed working in her flower

gardens and was an exceptional

woodworker. In her quiet time

at home, she loved to read,

especially westerns by Zane

Grey, or watch television. One

of her favorite shows was the

“Wheel of Fortune.” She was

also a self-taught and talented

painter. Elsie was an avid fan

of Don Greytak. She sold his

prints in the Chinook area for

eight years. She also loved to

shop for antiques and collected

porcelain dolls and birds.

Survivors include her husband

of 37 years, John Taylor of

Chinook; daughters, Sandra

(Buster) Berger of Chinook and

Dawn (Mark) McAllister of

Shelby; son, Joe Albright of

Great Falls; six grandchildren;

seven great-grandchildren; sisters,

Nellie Lakey of Kalispell,

Gladys Johnson of Rudyard and

Joyce Knauss of Bremerton,

Wash.; brothers, Charles Adams

of Inverness and Zane Adams of

Rudyard; and many nieces and

nephews.

Elsie was preceded in death

by her parents; grandson, Jody

Staudacher; brothers, Tom and

Vic Adams; and sisters, Nora

Adams, Marie Dunbar, Helen

Sterner, Ione Joyce and Stella

Joyce.

Memorials will be given to

the Gift of Life in Great Falls or

donor's choice.

Arrangements are by

Rockman Funeral Chapel of

Chester.