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Ione Louise Taylor

Ione Louise Taylor

September 21, 1941 - February 19, 2022

Ione Louise Taylor, 80, of Cass Lake, MN died Saturday, February 19, 2022 at the Sanford Fargo Medical Center in Fargo, ND.

Funeral Services will be held at 1:00pm, Saturday, February 26, 2022 at the Veteran’s Memorial Building in Cass Lake, MN. A wake will begin at 3:00pm, Thursday, February 24, 2022, at the Veteran’s Memorial Building in Cass Lake, and will continue until the time of the service. Arrangements are with the Cease Family Funeral Home in Bemidji.

She was born on September 21, 1941, in Klamath Falls, OR, the daughter of Louis Taylor and Bertha (Watah) Taylor. After her parents passed away while she was young, she was raised until the age of 13 by her great grandfather Perry Parker in Burns, OR. After leaving the foster care system at 18 she moved to Red Lake, MN. She spent time living in communities in Northern Minnesota and in Minneapolis. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Nursing Homes in Minneapolis, and after moving to Cass Lake in the 1960’s, she worked as a CNA at the Jourdain-Perpich Extended Care Center in Red Lake and the Beltrami County Nursing Home in Bemidji. She later worked for Leech Lake Gaming in laundry, and in the day care. She was a caretaker at home for her son Marlin. She enjoyed going to the Casino, going for car rides, fill-in puzzles, crocheting, beadwork, painting, and drawing as a sketch artist.

She is survived by her: Children, Marlin Harper of Cass Lake, MN,

Derrick (Lisa Monroe) Harper of Cass Lake, MN,

Sharlene (Brett Nevitt) Harper of Cass Lake, MN,

Grandchildren: Derrick Harper Jr., Aryn (Ken Copenace) Harper, Autumn (Brandon Murray) Harper, Avery Harper, Ashley (Tim Goodman) Harper, and Amity Nevitt,

all of Cass Lake, MN.

She was preceded in death by her parents, uncle Robert Taylor, son Colin Harper, and granddaughter Madison Harper.

Honorary Casketbearers will be: Gladys Saragosa, Charlys May, Rachel Harper, Lynette “Squeege” Morris, Nikolai Copenace, and William Capenace.

Active Casketbearers will be: Avery Harper, Derrick Harper Jr., Amity Nevitt, Brett Nevitt, Calvin White, and Ken Fahlstrom.

Condolences may be left at ceasefuneralhome.com.

 

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