Hilda Enid Hermann Taylor, 100 years, passed on Friday, October 19, 2012 at Charleston Gardens Memory unit.
Hilda was born in Pana, Illinois on February 27, 1912 shortly after her parents, Luise and Johann Hermann, arrived in the USA from Germany. Her family fled Germany in 1911 traveling by ship in steerage. Her mother was 5 months pregnant during the voyage. Her family settled first in Pana, Illinois to work in the Peabody coal mines. Later, they moved to Detroit, Michigan to work in the auto and related industries. She had five siblings, all have preceded her in death.
In her adult life, Hilda worked at the International YWCA as an administrative assistant to the director. This is where she met her husband, Cloyde English Taylor, an engineer with the Chrysler Corporation. They were married in October 1931. Hilda and Cloyde had two children, a daughter and her husband, Claudia and Jack Workman in Alum Creek, West Virginia and a son, John Taylor in Ranchos De Taos, New Mexico and his companion, Consuelo Gonzales. Her granddaughter and husband, Jennifer and Chris Haase, live in Jenks, Oklahoma. Her first great grandchild, Zachary Haase, was born in February 2012.
For nearly 30 years the Taylor family lived in Royal Oak, Michigan. After her husband’s retirement, they moved to Pinellas Park, Florida. She was widowed in 1985 and continued to live in Florida until 2002 when she moved to West Virginia to live in Edgewood Summit. In 2009, she had a fall and moved to Charleston Gardens assisted living.
Hilda was a Methodist. She was creative and artistic. She was an accomplished gardener, seamstress, and cook. She enjoyed playing pinochle, watching birds, taking walks. She was an attractive woman.
The family wishes to acknowledge the staff at Charleston Gardens and wonderful care they gave to Hilda.
Hilda has been cremated. Her ashes will be placed near her husband’s ashes at the Workman Farm. There will be no service. Please remember her to HospiceCare, 1606 Kanawha Blvd., W. Charleston, WV 25312.
I just want to express my condolences for Hildda’s passing. We were neighbors for only two years, but Hilda was one of those people that I felt I had always known. Janice