~ IN MEMORY ~
WA/DL F/A Beverly Taylor, wife of WA/DL Capt. Joe Taylor
Sept. 9, 1951 ~ Jan. 11 2017
Notification with the passing of former Western/Delta Flight
Attendant Beverly Arthur Taylor, wife of Western/Delta pilot Captain Joe B.
Taylor. As noted in obituary below, a memorial service for Beverly will be held
on Monday, Jan. 16th at Grace Community Bible Church in Sandy UT. Beverly’s
obituary and online guestbook is available at
Should we receive further information, we will be sure to pass
it along.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary.....................................
Beverly Arthur Taylor, beloved wife, mother and stepmother,
passed away Jan. 11 at Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City. She had
battled cancer of the lymph system since the spring of 2016 but had bounced back
in the fall, managing to host family and friends for a wedding reception,
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Loving and devout, Bev always seemed to have a smile on her
face and a kind word to share. Steady, thoughtful and always impeccably dressed,
she was held in high regard and much loved.
Bev was born in Chicago on Sept. 9, 1951, and grew up in its
suburb of Homewood, Illinois. Her father, Sam, was a businessman, and her
mother, Helen, a housewife, with Bev an only child. She attended SMU (Southern
Methodist University) for one year before transferring to Arizona State
University, from which she graduated in 1973.
After enjoying a trip to Italy during college, Bev took a job
as a reservation agent for Continental Airlines. Soon she moved on to become a
flight attendant for Western Airlines, known in the 1970s for its memorable
slogan "the only way to fly." Bev remained with the company after Western merged
with and became Delta Airlines.
On Oct. 2, 1982, she married Joe Taylor, a Delta Airlines
pilot who had also flown with Western. It was Joe's second marriage, Bev's
first. They settled together in Salt Lake City, Delta's new western hub.
In 1993, they welcomed a baby boy, Grant Benjamin Taylor.
After having worked sixteen years as a flight attendant, Bev decided to devote
herself to raising and homeschooling Grant-which she succeeded at doing through
most of his high school years. Grant ultimately graduated from Brighton High
School, and, in 2015, the Air Force Academy. In June 2016, much to Bev's
delight, Grant married Cierra Anderson, also of Salt Lake City.
Bev was also a wonderful stepmother to five kids from Joe's
previous marriage: Joe, Tim, Brett, Rick and Heather, and a step-grandmother to
seven grandchildren. Most of them reside in the Sacramento area in
California.
A longtime member of the Grace Community Bible Church and a
bible study leader at the Salt Lake City Chinese Christian Church, Bev was a
devout Christian and was admired for leading a life of principle and grace. In
her last few years, she took a bright young Taiwanese girl under her wing and
tutored her daily, helping her to flourish.
Bev is survived by her husband Joe, her son Grant and
daughter-in-law Cierra, and her stepchildren.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, Jan. 16 at 10:00
a.m. at Grace Community Bible Church in Sandy, Utah. Donations can be made to
the American Cancer Society.
.Published in Deseret News on Jan. 14, 2017
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