Mary Taylor

MARY L. TAYLOR

Mary L. Taylor, 91, a resident of the Hillsboro, Oregon, community, died peacefully Thursday morning, April 13, 2022, at her home. Private Cremation Rites were held at the Hoyt Crematory in Forest Grove.

Burial Rites and Interment will follow at the Hawley Flats Cemetery, River Road in Brewster, Nebraska, on August 01, 2025, at 10:30 AM. Reception to follow at Uncle Buck’s, 455 Brewster Avenue Brewster, Nebraska 68821.

Mary Luella Taylor was born May 21, 1930, in Brewster, Nebraska, the daughter of the late Edward Michael McCormick and Pearl Comfort (Dugger) McCormick. Mary was born in a “soddy” a 12’X14’ cabin constructed of sod made blocks. Mary had fond memories of the cabin and farm life in the sandhills of Nebraska. Her stories of her childhood could transport you to another place and time and another way of life, pure and simple. She was raised and received her education in the Brewster community. In 1950, she married William H. Embree of Sutherland, Nebraska. They left Nebraska for the promise of better jobs out west. They lived in Idaho, Washington, and Nevada before putting down roots in the outlying area of Gaston, Oregon. They were blessed with five children Aaron, Beth (died as an infant), Clyde, Diane, and Edith. Mary was talented as an artist, gardener, and seamstress and an outstanding cook. Her marriage to Bill Embree dissolved in 1971. Mary went on to work in the Healthcare Industry as a CNA at the Masonic Home in Forest Grove. In 1973, she met Donn L. Taylor, also from Nebraska, working as a master welder on the construction of Hagg Lake Dam in Scoggins Valley. In 1975, she was united in marriage to Donn Taylor in Las Vegas, Nevada. Donn had two children from his first marriage, Don and Nancy. Following their marriage, they lived in the community of Forest Grove. In 1978, they moved to the Hillsboro community, where she had lived since.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Pearl McCormick; by her brothers David, Dick, Leslie, and her sister Vera Rohrs. Her youngest brother James passed in February 2025. Survivors include her husband Donn, her sister Helen Lindly of Anselmo, NE. Her children and their spouses: Aaron & Randi Embree of Silverton, Oregon, Clyde & Leah Embree of Sherwood, Oregon, Diane & Darwin Wilhelm of Gaston, Oregon, Edith Minor of Lafayette, Oregon. Mary’s stepchildren and their spouses Donn & Cathryn Taylor of Creswell, Oregon, and Nancy and Gary Barbaro of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Mary and Donn have 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great-grandchildren.

Mary and Donn celebrated 47 years of marriage in March of 2022.