Obituary of Eleanor L. Taylor

Eleanor L. Taylor, 84, of Cedarville died on Friday, January 13, 2017 at Inspira Medical Center-Vineland after seven months of failing health. Born in Cedarville to the late Frank Everett Laning and Bessie Graves Laning, she was the wife of the late Russell L. Taylor. Eleanor had been a resident of Lawrence Twp. all of her life. Prior to her retirement, she had been a secretary at Myron L. Powell Elementary School for 30 years. Prior to that she had worked for the Prudential Insurance Company in Millville and Baker Brothers Store in Bridgeton. Eleanor was the longest living member of Cedarville Baptist Church and had been a member since April 24, 1949 having attended since she was a month old. In her free time she had enjoyed knitting, crocheting and reading books. She is survived by her two children, Furman Jeffrey Taylor and his wife Helen, of FL and Beth L. Taylor of Fairfield Twp. and three sisters, Betty Ayars Gaskill of Hopewell Twp., Shirley Gaunt and her husband, Art of AZ and Alverna Wood of Fairton. Besides her husband, Russell, she was preceded in death by her two brothers, F. Everett Laning, Jr. and J. Milton Laning. Funeral services will be held at the PADGETT FUNERAL HOME, 160 Main Street, Cedarville on Saturday, January 21st at 11 AM. Interment will take place at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Cedarville. Friends will be received at the funeral home from 9 AM to 11 AM prior to the services. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in Eleanor's memory to Cedarville Baptist Church, P.O. Box 312, Cedarville, NJ 08311, The Old Stone Church Preservation Fund or Fairton Volunteer Fire Co., P.O. Box 66, Fairton, NJ 08320. Written condolences can be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.padgettfuneralhomes.com.