Rapid City - Elda Marie Taylor, 91 died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held 10:00 am Thursday, March 6 at First United Methodist Church, 629 Kansas City Street, with Pastor Peary Wilson officiating. Visitation will be at the church starting at 9:00 am. Burial will follow at 11:30 am at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD. Arrangements are with Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home, 2700 Jackson Boulevard, Rapid City and an online guest book for Elda may be signed at www.osheimschmidt.com Elda Marie Sprecher was born June 13, 1922 at Parkston, SD to Jacob and Marie [Frey] Sprecher and later moved to Virgil, SD where she attended school and graduated from Virgil High School. On June 15, 1941 she married Cooley Benjamin Taylor. Cooley served in the United States Army from 1943-1945. They returned to Virgil where Cooley was a Rural Letter Carrier until 1962 when they moved to Mitchell, SD with Cooley continuing as a Rural Letter Carrier. Following Cooley's retirement in 1972 they spent their winters in Arizona and summers in Rapid City. Survivors include one son: William B. Taylor of Cambodia; three daughters: Bonnie [Frank] Livingston of Sioux Falls, Nancy [Phil] Bruce of Litchfield, AZ, and June Apaza of Spearfish, SD; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren; one half-sister: Ella Mae Hofer of Sioux Falls; two step-brothers: Curt Losing of Sioux Falls and Elmer Losing of Huron; one sister-in-law: Yvonne Sprecher of Huron; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband: Cooley B. Taylor on January 2, 2008; one daughter: Carolyn Fabel; one son: Ronald Taylor; one sister: Loretta; and three brothers: Harold, Ewald, and Oscar.