A local school district is pushing through the loss of a beloved employee, who was with the district for more than three decades.
Michael Taylor worked as a custodian for Greenon Local Schools since 1989, and he lost his battle to cancer over the weekend.
His memory will live on forever in the school, and the people who knew him.
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“Staff is hanging in there the best that they can;” Darrin Knapke, the Superintendent for Greenon Local schools said.
It’s been difficult to suddenly no longer see someone who was there everyday for 35 years.
“You figure how many years we’ve been with him. So yeah, it’s pretty rough,” Shelley Williams said.
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Williams, who works in the kitchen for Greenon Local Schools, is taking the loss especially hard, as Taylor was more than just a colleague, but a longtime friend.
“We went to school together here at Greenon Local. He was just, we he made it fun. It was just a great place to be with Mike,” Williams said. “I think everyone that came in contact with Mike. They had great stories to tell he was just a good overall guy.”