On Nov. 10, 2018, Oliver Glenn Taylor, 84, departed this life to join his eternal sweetheart and love of his life, Dixie. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his children at his daughter Cindy’s home in Santa Clara, Utah. Cindy lovingly cared for him the last weeks of his life. Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Silver Creek Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 300 W. Willow Lane in Taylor, Arizona, where the visitation will begin one hour prior. The concluding service and interment will follow at the Reed Hatch Memorial Cemetery in Taylor. Glenn was born on Dec. 11, 1933, to Alma and Florabel Taylor in Mesa. He was raised in Lehi with seven brothers and one sister. All have preceded him in death except for his older brother, Gene Taylor. On March 6, 1953, he married Dixie Marie Chalk in the Mesa Arizona Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They loved living in Snowflake and Taylor for 55 years where Glenn worked at the Snowflake Papermill. He retired in 1995. As a lifetime member of the LDS Church, he loved serving, especially as a home teacher. He served two church missions with his wife, one in Nauvoo, Ill., from 1996 to 1998 and the second in Cove Fort, Utah, in 2000. He loved camping, hunting and fishing and all sporting events. Glenn is preceded in death by his sweetheart of 57 years, Dixie Chalk Taylor; and his grandson, K.C. Merrill. He is survived by their eight children, Debbie (Randy) Tenney, Cindy Nikolaus, Glenn (Jeri) Taylor, Beverly (Kevin) Merrill, Scott (Natalie) Taylor, Lauri (Doug) LeSueur, Chris (Tandy) Taylor and Sandi (Will) Petersen; 80 grandchildren; 55 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Owens Livingston Mortuary of Snowflake handled the arrangements.
