Ruth G. (Salley) Taylor, 89 of Lakeville, MA passed away Tuesday January 21, 2020 at Sippican Healthcare Center in Marion, MA. She was the wife of 53 years to the late Richard L. Taylor, Sr.
Born in Middleboro she was the daughter of the late Irving E. and Ruth (Henshaw) Salley. Ruth was educated in Middleboro and was a 1948 graduate of Middleboro Memorial High School. She lived in Middleboro and moved to Lakeville in 1952. She worked for the former Bucks Drugs Store in Middleboro, for the former Woolworths in New Bedford, clerk and typist at the former Lakeville State Sanatorium and then continued with the former Lakeville State Hospital and retired from MCI Bridgewater after 16 years. Ruth was the former treasure of the Fall Brook Mothers Club, a Cub Scout Leader and enjoyed gardening, knitting, puzzles, NASCAR, playing board games but most of all spending time with her family.
She is survived by 2 sons Richard L. Taylor, Jr. and his wife Carol of Maine and Bruce Gomer Taylor and his wife Lesley of Rochester; 5 grandchildren Amy Cutting and her husband James, Richard H. Taylor and his wife Michelle, Rebecca Donohue and her husband Sean, Meg Taylor and her partner John Fitzgerald and Justin L. Taylor; 8 great-grandchildren Taylor and Nolan Cutting, Addison Ruth and Sadie Mae Taylor, Hayden Taylor, MaKayla Poholek, Logan Houlihan, Andrew and Benjamin Devries and Finlee Donohue; 1 great-great-granddaughter Olivia Fisher; a brother Ernest Davoll; a sister Harriett Sherman and many nieces and nephews. She was also the sister of the late Arnold C. Salley, Ellen May Thayer, Verna L. Young, Millicent Henley, Martha (Charron) Santos and Lillian Gross.
A Graveside Service took place on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 11:00 am in Chace Cemetery in Freetown.
To leave a condolence for the family please visit www.d-mfh.com. Arrangements are by the Dahlborg-MacNevin Funeral Home, 280 Bedford St., Lakeville, MA
