Lasting Memories

Marylou Taylor
Dec. 26, 1923-June 5, 2014
Portola Valley, California

The Rev. Marylou McClure Taylor died on June 5, 2014, with her daughter and one of her sons by her side.

In 1923 she was born to Colonel Lowe Abeel McClure and Mary France McDermott in Oakland, and raised in Los Gatos, the 3rd generation of her family to reside in Northern California.

An avid Girl Scout, Marylou had a lifelong love of the outdoors, especially at her beloved Lake Tahoe. She was an Alpha Phi sorority member and student body vice president at Stanford University, from which she graduated in 1946.

Professionally, Marylou was an elementary school teacher, puppeteer, and later, an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church. She served as a chaplain to the children of Trinity School in Menlo Park, and to the elderly of the Sequoias, where she lived her later years.

Marylou?s lifelong interests included gardening, golfing, music, spirituality, and traveling. She was well-educated in the life and customs of Northern California Native Americans, and taught about them in elementary schools and other settings.

"Moo," as she was nicknamed in college and called throughout her life by friends and family, was pre-deceased by her husband William F. Taylor, and is survived by her children Laura, Brian, and Toper, 7 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.

The Rite of Burial will be held at St. Bede?s Episcopal Church, Menlo Park, at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 3.

Memorial gifts in her name may be sent to the scholarship fund of Trinity School, 2650 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025.