ELLA M. TAYLOR

Ella M. Taylor, 80, Logan Township, Altoona, passed away Friday afternoon at UPMC Altoona.

 She was born in Altoona, daughter of the late Peter and Oda (Fry) Lysk.

Surviving are two daughters: Tina Taylor (Joe Aikens) and Sandy Whitt (Terry), all of Altoona; a son, Randy Hart (Bonita) of Altoona; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and good friends, Joe and Penny Good.

She was preceded in death by two husbands: Herbert Hart and Norman Taylor; and a longtime companion, Harold Dively.

She was a homemaker and worked on the assembly line for Veeder-Root. She attended the former Fifty-eighth Street Methodist Church.

Ella loved her pets and enjoyed cooking and gardening. She was a member of Catholic War Veterans. 

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, and from noon until the 1 p.m. funeral service Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at Stanley J. Krish Funeral Home Inc., 1204 17th St., Altoona, by Father Christopher Panagoplos, T.O.R. Interment will be at Alto-Reste Park Cemetery.