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Elizabeth T. Taylor Kemmerer
Birth: Jun. 3, 1905
Death: Jan. 1, 2004
Graveside services for Elizabeth Taylor Kemmerer were scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6 in the Holdenville Cemetery with Rev. Joe Robinson officiating.
Services were under direction of Fisher Funeral Home of Holdenville.
Visitation and viewing took place at Fisher Funeral Home on Monday Jan. 5.
Kemmerer died unexpectedly Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004 at Gulf Point Plaza Nursing Home in Rockport, Texas at the age of 98.
She was born June 3, 1905 in Holdenville, Indian Territory to William Marion Taylor and George Boswell Marable Taylor.
She was raised in Holdenville, was interested and involved in literature, the arts and drama, and graduated from Holdenville High School in 1922.
She attended Mary Hardin Baylor University in Belton, Texas for two years, then transferred to Oklahoma Baptist University in 1924, where she graduated with honors in 1926.
She received her teachers certificate from the State of Oklahoma, Department of Education on May 17, 1926 and immediately began teaching English in the Holdenville Elementary School.
She married Charles Roland Kemmerer on June 26, 1928 in Holdenville.
An accountant by trade, and then employed by Roxana Petroleum as an auditor based in Missouri,
The couple moved to St. Louis where she received her Teacher's Certificate from the State of Missouri.
Homesick for her native Oklahoma and family, they returned to Holdenville in 1929.
She resumed teaching English in Holdenville while involving herself in many civic activities.
In 1932, she was often seen and heard supporting her husband and parents in their diverse area businesses, including Atlas Abstract, Holdenville Grain & Seed Company, The First National Bank, the Taylor-Kemmerer Company, First State Savings & Loan business, various oil and gas interests, and the J.O. Chapman Estate.
In 1941, the family began the area's first Dodge and Plymouth dealership located at 120 South Oak Street.
In 1942 Kemmerer participated in the formation of the first War Fund Drive on behalf of the American Red Cross.
Actively involved in the community, she joined the Barnard Memorial United Methodist Church on July 19, 1941.
She received her 25-Year Member Pin from the American Red Cross and was keenly involved with the United Methodist Women's Group during this same time.
She also occupied her time caring for her parents and six aunts while supporting Charles' duties with the Holdenville Chamber of Commerce, Retail Merchants Association, Elks Club and Kiwanis Club.
She began working for the Hughes County offices of Oklahoma Department of Human Services and Workforce Oklahoma in the mid 1960's while attending to her disabled husband.
She moved to Rockport-Fulton, Texas in August, 2001 in order to be close to her son, Dr. William Taylor Kemmerer.
She maintained close ties to, as well as business and personal interests in, the Holdenville community.
She was in the process of returning home to Holdenville at the time of her death on Thursday.
She is survived by one son, Dr. William Taylor Kemmerer of Rockport-Fulton, Texas; three grandchildren, one great-grandson,
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles R. Kemmerer; her parents, and a daughter-in-law, Jane Lois Hickman Kemmerer
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Spouse:
Charles R. Kemmerer (1903 - 1973)
Burial:
Holdenville Cemetery
Holdenville
Hughes County
Oklahoma, USA
Created by: Danny Chancellor
Record added: Apr 10, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 35717918
Elizabeth T. Taylor Kemmerer
Added by: Danny Chancellor
Elizabeth T. Taylor Kemmerer
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1905 - 2004 (98 years)