Great Geat Great Grandson of William Taylor (1787-1839) son of Joseph Taylor Jr. (1751-1819)
Obituary 4768
In the early hours of a beautiful fall morning, October 17, 1968 on the birthday of his Grandfather George Taylor, death came quietly and sealed the life of Rodney Max Taylor, twenty-one year old son of Max Alvin and Corene Sarah Johnson Taylor. His parents, along with his two sisters, Teresa 17, Treena 5, and one brother, Regie 14, survive. He is also survived by his maternal grandmother, Verna M. Johnson and paternal grandparents, Sylvester and Fern Wride Taylor Call.
A day never to be forgotten in the lives of Max and Corene was March 18, 1947 in Idaho Falls, Idaho when a beautiful baby boy was sent from Heaven to bless their home. The happiness they felt can never be expressed.
Have you ever looked at your newborn? Have you thought, “How sweet, how fair?” If you have ever done this you can imagine for a moment the heartache that Max and Corene suffered when at the tender age of one, measles took away the precious hearing from their once active and healthy son. Family love was the only way of breaking through this silent world that was so terrifying to him.
His schooling started at two years of age with his parents taking a correspondence course for the deaf. Many tedious hours were spent learning a new way of communication by this young boy and his parents. His way of showing gratitude was an affectionate love and a sweet smile. At the age of five years, he started school for the deaf at Gooding, Idaho. He learned to care for himself while he was there. Despite tender care, further complications developed and his leg muscles began to tighten and he had to return to his home for special treatments. Thus, his life of clinics and doctors began. Physical therapy was administered for several years and at the age of 13 an operation was performed to lengthen the muscles in his legs. However, the damage extent was so great that he was never able to walk alone again.
He learned to operate a wheelchair and was very pleased with his accomplishment. Through the years other conditions began to develop and the last few years he has been an invalid. His parents have given him complete hospital care at home filled with constant love and devotion.
He was truly a spirit from Heaven with a message from above. For a boy beginning manhood, not yet reached the prime of life, he had met and mastered nobly, boyhood ills and boyhood strife.
One whose heart was pure and loyal, one whose hands were clean and white, one whose feet has always followed only in the path of right. One who longed his work to do, just here to abide, but the angel left the message – needed on the other side.
