Submitted by Dan Rich

Alvana S. Taylor

Feb. 7, 1908 - May 30, 1999

South Bend Tribune 7/3/1999

In Loving Memory of Mrs. Alvana S. Taylor,  Alvana S. Taylor, formerly of 215 N. Falcon Street, South Bend, Ind., a dear mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, passed away at 11 p.m. on Sunday, May 30, in the Cardinal Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was 91 years of age. She was born to the union of McDonald and Alice Shannon in Chickasaw, Okla. Mrs. Taylor came to Indiana in 1930 where she met and married William F. Taylor in 1940. He preceded her in death in 1966. Mrs. Taylor was also preceded in death by a son, Robert L. in 1991; a sister, Beatrice Clay; and by a brother, W.B. Shannon. For many years she was employed as a domestic worker, retiring at the age of 82. Her favorite hobby was fishing, which she greatly enjoyed until the age of 85. She was a member of the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, the Women's Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Pride of South Bend Temple #264, Daughters of Elks, and the Court of Colanthe (women's division of the Knights of Pythias). She is survived by a daughter, Nancy D. Jenkins; a son, William W. Taylor and his wife Verlis, a faithful and loving daughter-in-law, all of South Bend; 13 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren; a beloved niece, Isabell Lester of California; and a host of cousins and friends. She will be dearly missed.

Visitation will be held from one hour before services at 11 a.m. on Friday in the Clark-O'Neal Funeral Home. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. The Clark-O'Neal Funeral Home is entrusted with the funeral services.