Pratt Taylor

Loa, Utah - Our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother, Pratt Taylor, age 92, died peacefully at his home in Loa on December 18, 2006, of causes incident to age. He was born October 26, 1914 in Loa, Utah, a son of Ephraim Austin and Sarah Rees Taylor. He married Hazel Marie Jackson, April 26, 1937 in the Manti LDS Temple. She died January 11, 1983. He married Golda LaPreal Morrill Sorenson, September 10, 1983 in the West Jordan LDS Temple. She died July 11, 2003. Pratt was a member of the LDS Church. He was a faithful Home Teacher, always going the first of the month and seldom missing. He and LaPreal fulfilled an assignment to attend the Manti Temple twice a week and do endowments. They did this for over three years, doing over one hundred names a year. Pratt served as President of the Parker Mountain Grazers Association. He was a farmer and rancher. He enjoyed hunting, but most of all, Pratt enjoyed chasing cows on Parker Mountain. He is survived by his children: Merlin and Nadine Taylor of Loa; Rosemarie and Joe Stephens of Mt. Pleasant; Bruce and Karen Taylor of Loa; Calva and Steven Rich of Trisco, Texas; Prall and Mary Taylor of Loa; Joseph Taylor of New Harmony; EvaDean and Richard Starr of Richfield; 31 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; 24 great-great-grandchildren; brother and sisters: Harold and Bessie Taylor of Ivina; Lorna and Keith Busenbark of St. George; step-brother and sisters: Brose and Marie Webster of Salt Lake City; Katie Chappell of Loa; Faye and Hal Taylor of Salina. He was preceded in death by both of his wives; brothers and sisters, Charles Taylor, Orval Taylor, Orlo Taylor, Avagail Moore, Elmo Taylor and Dora Bell Hunt. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 22, 2006 at 1:00 P.M. in the Loa LDS Stake Center, where friends may call for viewing Friday morning from11:00 to 12:30 prior to the services. Burial will be in the Loa Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield, Salina and Gunnison, Utah.