Charles S. Taylor, age 85, of Shadyside , Ohio died Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at Belmont Community Hospital , Bellaire , Ohio . He was born May 9, 1918 at Key, Ohio , son of the late Herman J. and Lucy McKelvey Taylor.

He was a retired U. S. Navy Captain serving during World War II and the Korean War. Charles was a former employee of the Village of Shadyside and the former Belmont Casket Company at Shadyside; he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Shadyside and a member of Shadyside Lodge # 724 F. & A.M. at Shadyside

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Alma Montgomery and Laura Decker; and four brothers, Robert, William, George and E. Frazier Taylor.

Surviving are his wife, Kathleen I. Thomson Taylor; a son, Charles Taylor of Yellow Springs, Ohio; a daughter, Suzanne Tolarchyk of Hillsborough, N.C.; a sister, Mary Brown Webber of Key, Ohio; a brother, Herbert Lee Taylor of Key, Ohio; two grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

The Taylor family will receive friends on Friday from 1:30 p.m. until time of Memorial Services at 2:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church at Shadyside with Pastor Alice Phillips officiating.

Memorial Contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 4100 Central Ave., Shadyside, OH 43947.

Toothman Funeral Home, St. Clairsville is in charge of arrangements.