Obituary of Magdalena Caroline Taillon

A memorial folder from the funeral service may be printed under the "Memories" tab, then choose "Memorial Program". Magdalena Caroline Taillon was born November 10, 1924, in the Mariahilf District South of Killaly to Christian and Elizabeth (nee Baumgartner) Morhart. Len as she was known to everyone had twelve siblings (five sisters - Emma, Edith, Julia, Anna and Betty and seven brothers - John Michael, Sigmund, George, Jack, Wilfred and Joseph. She grew up one mile west of Wallacetown School and in 1936, at the age of twelve, the family moved to Grayson where Lena completed her education. In 1942, Lena married George Taillon in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Grayson. They had a double wedding with her sister Ann and John Michalski. Lena and Ann were like two peas in a pod and were together all of the time whether it was helping out at home or going out dancing and having a good time. This relationship carried on throughout there life and it was not unusual for them to visit on the phone for an hour once they were separated. George and Lena lived with his parents when they first got married and then took over the family farm four miles South of Grayson. It certainly wasn't an easy life. He would be out working the fields with the horses all day and she would be milking cows, feeding pigs and chickens, growing a huge garden in addition to tending to their three children and household duties. Many trips were made to the ice house to store milk, cream, meat, etc; as well as more trips to the well as there was no running water or sewer in the house. When the day was done, it was time to cut loose with friends and neighbors and dancing they would go into the wee hours of the morning. Their first son Maurice was born September 16, 1943. Their daughter Florence was born March 24, 1949, and their second son Kenneth was born December 31, 1953. George and Lena got the electricity on the farm in 1953 and she didn't waste any time buying a refrigerator, deep freeze and even a television. Lena always worked alongside her family whether it was picking stones and stumps, hauling bales or stooking. Then she would still have to pick her vegetables and make pickles until 2 in the morning. She was an active volunteer at both Sacred Heart of Mary Church at Marieval and at the Columbia School Sports Days. You could always count on her to bring pies and be there to serve all day. She was also a very particular person. Her house was always neat and there was always lots of good food and baking to eat for one and all. She loved nothing better than having family in for a nice meal and a good game of cards. She enjoyed crocheting and provided all the family with more doilies than they could use. She was a beautiful seamstress and sewed many outfits for Florence when she went to school and also for the grandchildren when they came along. In 1974, George and Lena sold their farm and moved to Melville. They enjoyed many games of cards with their new friends and neighbors. After George passed away in 1988, Lena found it hard to look after the yard - cutting the grass in summer and shoveling snow in winter. In 1991, she sold her house to Florence and Bruce and moved to Melville Apartments. When the Legion Manor was built, she was one of the first tenants to move into it. As her health deteriorated, she was no longer able to live alone and moved into Westview Manor in January 2007. In March 2009, she moved to St. Paul Lutheran Home as she was placed on continuous oxygen 24 hours a day. She enjoyed attending Mass on Wednesday and Sunday and going to listen to the entertainment Sunday afternoon with Florence. Lena's pride and joy has always been her family. She always looked forward to having her children and grandchildren visit her and especially once she was in St. Paul's Lutheran Home, she enjoyed company coming to spend time chatting with her and taking her for a ride in her wheelchair. Even during her last days, regardless how poor she felt or how listless she was, Fawn was always able to get a smirk and a smile on her face. Lena passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of January 5, 2010, at St. Paul's Lutheran Home. Lena was predeceased by her parents Christian and Elizabeth Morhart, husband George Taillon, sisters Emma, Edith, Julia and Betty, brothers John, Michael, Sigmund, George, Jack and Wilfred. She will greatly missed by her children Maurice Taillon, Florence and Bruce Parlee, Kenneth and Laurette Taillon, grandchildren Royce and Carol Parlee, Fawn and Barry Cox, Brent Parlee, Shannon & Murray Schrader, Sheldon Taillon, Joel and Kimberley Taillon, Kirk Taillon(Christina)and Amanda Taillon, great grandchildren Shelby Hahn, Justin Cox, Amanda Parlee, Tyler Strandberg (Amber), Cory Strandberg (Ashley), Misty and Blaine Waldbauer, Shaydon Taillon, Kyle Schrader, Kory Schrader, Paige Taillon and Sophia Taillon and great great grandchildren Jaxon Waldbauer, McKenna Waldbauer, Nixon Strandberg and Keira Strandberg. She is also survived by her sister Ann Domm, brother Joe Morhart, sisters-in-law Sophie Morhart, Ida Rink, Eva Blaus, Madeleine Taillon and brother-in-law Rodrique Taillon as well as numerous nieces and nephews.