Notes for Nelma Laura Saylor

Family Group Sheet

Notes for Nelma Laura Saylor

Obit
Nelma L. Saylor May 4, 1908-Oct. 24, 2003 HERMISTON - Nelma L. Saylor died Oct. 24, at the Good Samaritan Center in Hermiston at the age of 95. She was born on May 4, 1908, in Milton to Joseph B. and Minna Gerking Saylor and attended Ferndale Grade School, McLoughlin Union High School and graduated from Echo High School. She then attended and graduated from Oregon State College. She taught school at Woodburn High School, Griswold High School in Helix and Roseburg High School. She returned to Oregon State College where she earned her master of science degree in institutional food management and worked as the food service manager at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif., at the University of Wyoming; Washington State College and, later, at Fresno State University. She retired from Girls Polytechnic High School in Portland where she taught institutional cooking in the late 1980s and returned to Hermiston where she had lived since. Nelma enjoyed flowers, traveling, teaching and going out to eat. She was a member of the Downtown First Christian Church in Portland, Bushee Chapter of the Eastern Star, and the National Retired Teachers Association. She was preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers, Edgar Saylor and Ralph Saylor. She is survived by her two nephews, Eldon Saylor of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lowell Saylor of Hermiston; two nieces, Donna Strelow of Concord, Calif., and Louise Brown of Danville, Calif.; and several great nieces and nephews. A graveside service was held Wednesday, Oct. 29, at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery in Milton-Freewater. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston was in charge of the arrangements.