Gwendolyn Isabell Taylor
Marriages
Louis Albert Taylor - October 1952
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7B Death Notice - July 30, 2016
Gwendolyn Isabell Taylor, 84, Grand Junction, died July 27, 2016, at HopeWest.Services will take place at a later date.She worked for Xcel Energy.Survivors include two daughters, Karen Miracle of Grand Junc-tion and Lynn Emerson of Las Vegas, Nevada; six brothers, Seth Hunt of Denver, Don Hunt and Arnold Hunt, both of California, Corky, Ken, and Dave, all of Grand Junction; two sisters, Carleen Kaiser, and Sharon Spani, both of California; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions to HopeWest, 3090B N. 12th St., Grand Junction 81506.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7 B Obituary - September 28, 2016
Gwendolyn Isabell Taylor
went to meet her Lord July
27, 2016.
She was born on November
27, 1931, in Ogden, Utah; the
eldest child of Carlton and
Olive Hunt. Gwen grew up in
Grand Junction, Colorado. In
October of 1952 she married
Louis Albert Taylor. They traveled extensively during Louis’s
military career, residing in Colorado, Wisconsin, Missouri, and
Germany before settling in Grand Junction.
Gwen was an active community and church member, teaching
Sunday school, leading Girl Scout Troops and serving on the
board of the American Red Cross. She was employed for many
years as a customer service agent for Public Service Company
of Colorado (Xcel Energy), and following her retirement,
worked as a driver for Avis Rent-A-Car. Gwen was a devout
Christian and attended New Life Church in Grand Junction. She
will be remembered as being loving, kind, giving, generous and
gracious. She was deeply devoted to her family and friends. As
a tribute to her mother, Olive, she wrote a book, "The Unbroken
Bundle" which was published in the spring of 2016. Gwen
loved to play card games, especially with her long-time bridge
group. As a final act of generosity Gwen had her body donated
to scientific research.
She is survived by daughters, Karen (Ron) Miracle, of Grand
Junction, and Lynn (Robert) Emerson of Las Vegas, Nevada;
brothers, Seth (Carol) Hunt of Denver; Arnold (Annamarie)
Hunt and Don (Janet) Hunt of California; Corky (Marilyn)
Hunt, Ken (Kim) Hunt and David (Sherri) Hunt of Grand
Junction; sisters, Carlene (Leonard) Kaiser of Grand Junction,
and Sharon (Wayne) Spani of California, and a very special
sister-in-law, Lela Hunt of Grand Junction; six grandchildren,
Matthew Kendall, Zacharia (Manny) Miracle, Zebulon (Jessica)
Miracle, J. Tim Young, Jessica Young and Joanna Young; greatgrandchildren,
Kylee Young, Alexander, Nathaniel and Xanthus
Miracle. She is preceded in death by her parents; sister, Eva
Mae Hunt; brother, Floyd Hunt; daughter, Kathleen Kendall,
and grandson, Stephen Kendall.
Memorial services will be held on Monday, October 3, 2016,
at 1:30 p.m. at the New Life Church, 1350 N. 7th Street.
Graveside services will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery,
2970 North Avenue, Grand Junction.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 5 B Obituary - September 29, 2016
Gwendolyn Isabell Taylor
went to meet her Lord July
27, 2016.
She was born on November
27, 1931, in Ogden, Utah, the
eldest child of Carlton and
Olive Hunt. Gwen grew up in
Grand Junction, Colorado. In
October of 1952, she married
Louis Albert Taylor. They traveled extensively during Louis’
military career, residing in Colorado, Wisconsin, Missouri and
Germany before settling in Grand Junction. Gwen was an active
community and church member, teaching Sunday school,
leading Girl Scout troops and serving on the board of the
American Red Cross. She was employed for many years as a
customer service agent for Public Service Company of Colorado
(Xcel Energy), and following her retirement, worked as a driver
for Avis Rent-A-Car.
Gwen was a devout Christian and attended New Life Church in
Grand Junction. She will be remembered as being loving, kind,
giving, generous and gracious. She was deeply devoted to her
family and friends. As a tribute to her mother, Olive, she wrote
a book, “The Unbroken Bundle” which was published in the
spring of 2016. Gwen loved to play card games, especially with
her long-time bridge group. As a final act of generosity Gwen
had her body donated to scientific research.
She is survived by two daughters, Karen (Ron) Miracle, of
Grand Junction; Lynn (Robert) Emerson of Las Vegas, Nevada;
brothers, Seth (Carol) Hunt of Denver; Arnold (Annamarie)
Hunt and Don (Janet) Hunt of California; Corky (Marilyn)
Hunt, Ken (Kim) Hunt and David (Sherri) Hunt of Grand
Junction; sisters, Carlene (Leonard) Kaiser, and Sharon Spani
(Wayne) of California, and a very special sister-in-law, Lela
Hunt of Grand Junction; six grandchildren, Matthew Kendall,
Zachariah (Manny) Miracle, Zebulon (Jessica) Miracle, J. Tim
Young, Jessica Young and Joanna Young; four greatgrandchildren,
Kylee Young, and Alexander, Nathaniel and
Xanthus Miracle.
She is preceded in death by her parents; sister, Eva Mae Hunt;
brother, Floyd Hunt; daughter, Kathleen Kendall and grandson,
Stephen Kendall.
A memorial service will be held October 3rd, 2016, at 1:30
p.m., at New Life Church, 1350 North 7th St. Grave side
services will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 2970 North
Avenue.
Memorial contributions may be sent to HopeWest, 3090B
North 12th Street, Grand Junction, CO 81506.
