Anna Wilhelmenia Taylor departed from this world on April 2 to join her beloved husband and Lord and Savior in Eternal Heaven. She was born Nov 24, 1929 and raised in Greenbriar and Holy Cross, where she was the oldest of 15 children. In 1950, Wilhelmenia married the love of her life Charles, and they raised 10 children together in Holy Cross, where they spent their life together on the family farm.

Wilhelmenia was an avid homemaker for over 65 years in both Nelson and Marion Counties, where she won numerous awards including Homemaker of the Year in each county. Her best-known crafts were her braided rugs, crocheted dolls and many, many quilts. She was widely known for her homemade sourdough bread. Her love for sewing, quilting, baking, canning, and gardening were passed on to her children and grandchildren, spanning several generations. She could often be found under a shade tree with her children and grandchildren, working up fresh vegetables or killing chickens. In her honor, her children published her collection of recipes in a cookbook, to carry on hers and Charles' age-old recipes for generations to come.

Wilhelmenia spent more than 20 years volunteering with the Red Cross Bloodmobile, where she and Charles were also regular blood donors. She devoted time to Culvertown Food Bank and was a devout Catholic, spending many years in service to Holy Cross Church where she taught high school religion and volunteered in many other aspects of the church.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Charles E Taylor, her parents Earl and Martha Lyvers; siblings Tony, Ronnie, Pat and Wayne Lyvers, Charlotte Figg, Patricia Ann Waites, and Mary Ellen Lyvers and two grandchildren, Jason Taylor and Eric Taylor.

Survivors include four daughters, Phyllis Taylor, Dolores Taylor, Mary Patricia Jones (Stewart), and Carol Robertson (Drew); six sons Charles William Taylor (Doris), Dale Taylor (Sherry), Michael Taylor (Angela), Louis Taylor (Sandra), Steven Taylor (Tracy), and Allen Taylor.

Also surviving are 29 grandchildren, 53 great grandchildren, 11 great-great grandchildren and numerous step grand and great grandchildren; She is also survived by seven siblings Pauline Mattingly, Rebecca Jane Essex, Kenneth Lyvers (Hein), Wallace Lyvers, Margaret Mary Mattingly (Tommy), Phillip Lyvers (Laura), Trudy Voss (Hank).

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 am Monday, April 7, 2025, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 59 New Haven Road, Loretto.  Rev. Richard T. Goodin will officiate.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The visitation is 3-8 pm Sunday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto, with a prayer service at 7 pm by Rev. Deacon Joseph R. Dant.

Her sons will serve as pallbearers.