âTogether foreverâ: Idaho veteran who fought to be buried with her wife dies at 81
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Karen Hicks, sister of the late Idaho Navy veteran Madelynn âLeeâ Taylor, stands by two photographs of Taylor at Hicksâ Nampa home on Tuesday. Taylor was known for her work advocating for LGBT rights, including challenging state law to allow her wifeâs ashes to be interred alongside hers at a granite columbarium at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery. | Sarah Miller, Idaho Statesman
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) Madelynn âLeeâ Taylor knew she wanted to be laid to rest with her wife. The Idaho woman felt so strongly that she took her convictions with her to court in 2014, fighting Idaho officials to ensure that her spouse, Jean Mixner, could share her columbarium vault at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise.