Class of 1966

1966 Maroon SpotlightJoanie Taylor
Joanie Taylor

F. T. A. ’64-’66, Glee Club ’63-’66, Band ’63-’65, All School Revue ’63-’66, Christmas Vespers ’63-’66, Jr. Play Comm. ’64’65, Library Staff ’64-’66, National Science Foundation ’64-’65.

1966 Graduation Edition
Perry Daily Journal

Joan Ann Taylor, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Taylor, will attend OSU next year, then transfer to Westminister (pa.) college to work toward a bachelor’s degree in Christian education. She has been stated clerk of the Cimarron presbytery youth council two years, and is president of the Perry Presbyterian senior high youth group. Her hobbies are swimming, tennis, singing and oil painting, and her favorite subject is history. School activities have included band, girls chorus and other vocal ensembles, all-school review, Christmas vespers, Future Teachers, library staff, senior play, Thespians and newspaper staff. She was born Dec. 30, 1947, in Perry, and has attended John Marshall high school in addition to PHS.

Joan Ann Taylor

December 30, 1947 – August 20, 1970

Miss Joan Ann Taylor, 22, of 623 Seventh street, was fatally injured in a one-vehicle traffic accident at 12:35 p.m. Thursday in the 6100 block on the North Broadway Extension in Oklahoma City.

Miss Taylor had been driving south and alone in a 1969 model Triumph convertible: She had started to exit the Broadway Extension and apparently changed her mind, according to an Oklahoma City police department accident investigation report filed by Patrolman James Keenum and Sgt. Gil Gothard. As the automobile was swerved back to the roadway, it struck a curbing. This resulted in Miss Taylor losing control, the report said. The automobile turned over two times and came to rest on its wheels.

Miss Taylor was taken to Baptist Memorial hospital, where she died at 1:15 p.m. Thursday. She was engaged to marry Lt. John Schroeder III, Alexandria, Va. He was reported seriously wounded in action in Vietnam a few days ago.

Miss Taylor was born Dec. 30, 1947, in Perry. She was graduated from Perry High School in 1966 and received her bachelor’s degree at Oklahoma State University in 1970. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Taylor, Perry; one brother, Robert Taylor Jr., Hollywood, Calif.; and maternal grandfather, Samuel Yeager, Kenmore, N.Y.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Newton chapel. Officiating will be Rev Don Harnden, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery.