Twila M. Taylor

Dateline: Ponca, NETwila Marie (Nelson) Taylor, 85, of Ponca, NE went home to Jesus September 17, 2018 while surrounded by her children and grandchildren.Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, September 21, 2018 at the Ponca State Park Resource Center with Pastor Jeff Peters officiating. Burial will be in the Ponca Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at Christ the King Community Church in Ponca, NE, and will resume at 9:30 A.M. prior the service Friday at the State Park. Mohr Funeral Home in Ponca, NE is handling the arrangements.Twila was born in Yankson, SD on July 27, 1933 to Gehard and Marian (Nielsen) Nelson. She was the youngest daughter of 11 children, grew up in Maskell, NE and later moved to Ponca where she met and married Richard (Dick) Taylor on May 20, 1950. To this union 8 children were born.Twila was an active member of Christ the King Community Church. She taught Sunday School and Bible School for many years. Twila had a deep faith and a life long mission to make a difference in the people she met. She was a caregiver for countless people, young and old, and instilled the importance of loving Jesus and being kind to all you meet. She had a love for coffee and teaching us all to make apple pies.Left to carry on her mission here, are her children, Brenda (Ron) McGill, Don (Carla) Taylor, Joan (late Jeff) Taylor, Merrie (Terry) Eriksen, Lisa (Kenny) Hohenstein, Holly (Tom) Walsh, Melanie (Mark) Charlson; 30 grandchildren; 62 great-grandchildren, with 2 more by December; sister, Leona Bottorff; brother, Dale (Catherine) Nelson; sisters-in-law, Mavis Nelson, Gloria Nelson, and Rose Munson.She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 62 years, Richard (Dick) Taylor in October, 2012; a son, Jeff and infant son, Demi; grandson, Christian Charlson; siblings, Don (Sylvia) Nelson, Adeline (Hugh) Bostwick, Gordon (Tood) Nelson, Gaylord (Molly) Nelson, Ronald Nelson, Myrna (Ray) Rahn, Ramona (Elmer) Kamrath, Bob Bottorff, and Garry Nelson.