Zelma Jeanne Hartley

Zelma Jeanne Hartley, 103 of Hamilton, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2008 at the Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Hamilton.
Zelma was born February 25, 1905 in Hamilton the daughter of Charles and Anna Hartley. She was raised and educated in Hamilton and graduated from Hamilton High School. She spent two years in Hinfield College in McMinnville, Oregon and two years at the University of Washington where she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Zelma was the music supervisor in Mullan, Idaho for two years. She married her high school sweetheart, Dr. J. Wilson Taylor in 1930. The couple divorced after eight years of marriage.
Zelma spent 20 years at the front desk of the famous Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington. She returned home to Hamilton, where she was involved in A.A.U.W., P.E.O., Drama Club, Friends of the Library, Historical Society, Commodity Center and Order of Rainbow for Girls for over 20 years. Zelma had been a member of the Leona Chapter #31 O.E.S. since 1923. She taught piano for many years.
Miss Hartley was choir director of the United Methodist American Baptist Church for half a century. She lived in the family home, which her parents purchased in 1920 from Mr. and Mrs. M.A. White the original owners.
Surviving include her sister June Hartley Howe of Hamilton; niece, Jeanne and Oats Hargett of Hamilton; grandnephews, Bill Hargett of Barcelona, Spain and Chris (Jeanne) Hargett of Washington, D.C.; great grandnieces, Anna and Cleo Hargett both of Washington, D.C.; numerous cousins.