CONSTANCE DARLENE TAYLOR

Palmer resident Constance Darlene Taylor, 76, died at home with her family surrounding her on Sept. 17, 2010.

Connie was born April 24, 1934 in Lebanon, Ore., to Louie and Nellie Forster. Her grandmother, Elizabeth Butler Forster, raised Connie and her sisters after their parents’ untimely passing.

After graduating from high school in Sweet Home, Ore., she met and married the love of her life, Albert Taylor, in 1953 and had two children. They moved from Oregon to Anchorage in 1974, and then in 1978 they made Palmer their home.

“Connie was a very kind, strong, positive person, and her family was her first priority,” her family wrote. “She enjoyed crocheting, decorating and caring for her home, working in her garden, planting flowers, raising birds, caring for her pets, and she also enjoyed the wildlife that would pass through. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.”

Survivors include her son, Bill (Shari) Taylor; granddaughters, Gretchen (Dan) Sonnentag, Sharilyn (Todd) Minnick and Kathleen (Rod) Burris; great-grandchildren, Ty Vincent, Emma Pearl and Delaney Lynne — all of Wasilla. She is also survived by a daughter, Arlene (Eldon) Jeffreys; grandchildren Michael (RaeDonna) Jeffreys and LeRoy (Lesa) Jeffreys; and great-grandchildren, Jade Charlena, Trinity Lynn, Dakota Lynn and Ellie Kay — all of Palmer. Other survivers include sisters, Kathleen Marchetta Forster and Patricia Annie McGrath of Oregon.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Taylor; sister Louise Eleanor Krapes; and first great-grandchild, Ridge Landon Taylor-Minnick.

A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at Kehl’s Palmer Chapel.