The obituary, shown below, was originally published in the August 18, 2014
issue of
The Daily Local News (West Chester, PA).
Nancy A. Taylor of Ocean Pines, Md.
Nancy A. Taylor, 64, of Ocean Pines, Md. and formerly of Bel Air, Md., died Friday, Aug. 15, 2014 at the Coastal Hospice, At The Lake, in Salisbury, Md. She was born in Newburgh, N.Y. and was the daughter of Dorothy E. Potts Taylor and the late Wallace Goodwin Taylor. She graduated from Kennett Consolidated HS in Kennett Square, received a BA degree from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., and later studied at American University in Wash., D.C. She then started work by helping to establish the Water Pollution Control Federation, in Wash., was an Inventory Control Specialist for Saks Fifth Avenue and GAP Stores, and finally an Area Auditor for Mattress Giant in Maryland and Delaware. Nancy liked word and card games, cross word puzzles, loved shopping for shoes, never missed General Hospital, enjoyed talking and listening to people, and had a contagious smile. Hers was a life ended too soon. She will be truly missed by family and friends. She is survived by her mother, Dorothy E. Taylor of Kennett Square; her fiance, Dick Yankowsky of Ocean Pines, Md.; two daughters, Amy Gibbs of Somersworth, N.H. and Jenny Lebel of Londonderry, N.H.; a sister, Barbara Shrewsbury of Hughesville, Md.; and two grandchildren. Special thanks are given to the doctors, nurses, and staff of the Atlantic General Hospital System who helped Nancy during her life and final illness. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 20th at Union Hill Cemetery in Kennett Square. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Dept., 911 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, MD 21811 and / or Atlantic General Hospital Foundation, 9733 Healthway Dr., Berlin, MD 21811. Condolences may be sent to Hastings Funeral Home website at www.hastingsfuneralhome.net.