Linda Taylor:  

Life Hello..... I will try to make this as condensed as possible. As many of you may remember I married Bill Martin in Nov. 1968 of my junior year in high school. I finished high school by attending night school in Salem and got my diploma in 1970. Lori was born in August of 1970, so no, I did not have to get married because of a pregnacy, I got married because I was young and stupid. Bill and I divorced in July of 1971 when he tried to commit suicide. I met Adrian (Sonny) DeLay while working at Fred Meyer in Salem and we married in July of 1972. Jenny was born in August of 1974 and we moved to Sheridan in May of 1977. Michael was born in August of 1977 and I opened up The Daisy Patch (flower shop) in September of 1978. My daughter Lori made me a grandmother in April of 1987 when Christina was born. Lori married in August 1987. My mother passed away in September of that year from heart problems. Lori had a son in Novemeber of 1989, who suffers from Tourettes & ADHD. Lori divorced and married Josh Rose (grandson of Mr. Rose, who taught at Chapman Grade School). Jessica was born to them in May 1999 and Emilee was born March 2003. Lori and Josh are now divorced and the girls live with him. Lori is living in McMinnville with a very nice man. Sonny and I divorced in March of 1990 because he had an alcohol problem. Richard Taylor and I married in August of 1992. He was divorced and had two sons in high school. I closed The Daisy Patch in November of 1992 because we were planning on moving to Alaska where Rich had taken a job in a logging camp at Two Moon Bay in September. Travis, Rich's son, who had graduated high school in June went up there to work also, but Rich decided to come home and took a job locally until we could afford to move up there. Meantime I took a job at the Bon March'e in Salem. The end of November there was a landslide at the logging camp and Travis was caught in it and died. Travis left a one year old son with...Expand for more