Anna Mary Taaffe, nee Wier
Born: April 12, 1856 – Died March 2, 19__?
Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery

HOLD FINAL RITES FOR MRS. WILLIAM TAAFFE
Well known Fairfield Woman Dies after Years of Suffering; Interment in Maple Hill.

Final rites were held for Mrs. William Taaffe at the family home on West Delaware street Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with Rev. Milton E. Wright, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, in charge of the services. Interment was in Maple Hill cemetery.

Mrs. Taaffe had been in ill health for several years, but had not been bed fast for any great period of time. She died Tuesday morning, March 2nd some time in the night, the exact time not being known since it was not discovered that she had passed away until sometime after death had occurred.

Mrs. William Taaffe, Sr., nee Anna Mary Wier, was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, April 12, 1856, in a family of ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. George Wier. After several years of residence at that place, the family moved to Wayne county and settled east of Fairfield.

Mrs. Taaffe is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Paul Rider, of this city, and Mrs. George Durham, of Indianapolis, Indiana. The other members of the family, a sister, and six brothers, preceded her in death.

The deceased was married to William Taaffe, Sr., in May, 1877,  the ceremony taking place in St. Louis, Missouri, where the couple had gone from Fairfield for the occasion. All their wedded life was spent in this city where they gained the respect and admiration of all who knew them. The husband still survives.

To this union were born two children, Bert, who is a resident of Fairfield, and another child several years younger, that died at birth.

Mrs. Taaffe was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church of this city where for many years she took an active interest in its work and its welfare.

Words of praise need not be said about the deceased, especially among her friends and relatives, for the record of her many years of service, kindness and neighborly aid will be remembered by all long after her passing. She sought always to help the distressed in the community where she resided. Her greatest happiness was realized when she could serve foods to the sick, do some deed of kindness for the oppressed, or offer some suggestion taken from her store of experience. A practical virtue, indeed, but an outstanding one in a mother and a neighbor that cannot be impeached.

 She died peacefully in her bed Wednesday morning after many years of suffering with complications of diseases, leaving her aged husband and only son grief stricken, with an emptiness in their hearts that can never be refilled..