Taylor, Gertrude
Gertrude Taylor, 99 , died 07/20/07 in Heath Village, Washington Township, (Morris Co.) NJ. Gertrude lived in Heath Village for 30 years and was born in Westfield, NJ on 02/11/08.
Husband/Wife of: N/A
Son/Daughter of: late Arthur and Ethel (Gilby) Taylor
Survived By: 4 Cousins-Ginny Condo; Louise Fritts; Joanne Reger and Stephen Reger
Also survived by family and many friends
Occupation: Gertrude was a Reading Specialist for 40 years, employed by the West Orange Board of Education; she also spent a year teaching in England on a Fulbright Scholarship.
Veteran Info:
Additional Information: Graduate of Montclair State College; received her Masters Degree in English from Middlebury College; she was active in various educational sororities and voluntered with the Red Cross(Essex Chapter)and was a Staff Aid, Head of Night Crew; volunteer at the Montclair Art Museum; member of the NJ Education Association; member of the National Education Association;member of the Fortnightly Club (branch of Westfield Woman's Club); member of Panther Valley Ecumenical Ministry; former member of First Presbyterian Church of Orange, NJ and was on the Board of Trustees of the Meals on Wheels Program; former member of Westfield First Presbyterian Church for 50 years; member of the International Poetry Society and had 6 Poems published in their collections. In her retirement years Gertrude enjoyed readiing, traveling, writing poetry, volunteering in the Heath Village gift shop and editing the in house paper, The Voice.
Visitation: None scheduled
Services: Graveside on Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 11:00 AM- Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ
In Lieu of Flowers: Memorial donations to the Heath Village Friendship Fund, 430 Schooley's Mountain Road, Hackettstown, NJ 07840
Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ