Bonne Taylor

Bonne Louise Taylor died Oct. 18 at the Villas at Sunny Acres in Thornton. She was 83.

Born on Jan. 10, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York to James Peter McNeive and Margaret Louise O'Hara McNeive, Bonne loved the borough and always spoke of it fondly. The family — including older sister Anita Marie — moved to Denver when Bonne was three, joining Margaret's family there. Thanks to the flood of new family, Bonne discovered she loved that city, as well.

She attended Denver's St. Francis DeSale's High School and graduated in 1957 and soon began working at Public Service Company of Colorado. That's where she met a young reserve Marine, Albert Donald Taylor, the love of her life. The two were married in September 1960 at Denver's St. John the Evangelist.

After a few years in a rented house on Monroe Street in Denver, they purchased a home in a new Denver suburb, Northglenn. The larger home was just in time, as they were soon joined by their son, Scott Matthew Taylor.

In 1975, the family purchased a home in Arvada's Lake Arbor subdivision.

Since Scott was in school, Bonne decided to do the same, taking a job as a library aid at Pomona Senior High School. Jefferson County Schools were a great fit for Bonne, and she continued to build bonds and close personal friendships with teachers, other aids and students for many years.

Just as her son was ready to start high school at Pomona himself, she graciously chose to move on and took a job at Juchem Elementary as the school's secretary. As that area of Metro Denver continued to grow, so did the schools and she soon moved to a new school in Westminster, Betty Adams Elementary, where she continued making friends and charming co-workers. When she retired from the school in 2004, they named an annual student award in her honor. The Bonne Taylor Award is given out each year to the one student who tried the hardest and was the kindest.

The other touchstone in Bonne's life was her relationship with God and the church — especially her church, Arvada's Spirit of Christ Catholic Community. The family had joined the parish soon after moving to Arvada and Bonne was as involved as possible, serving for a time on the Liturgical Committee and as a reader and eucharistic minister. Later, she volunteered with the church's Touch Funeral Servers and traveled weekly with friends to serve food at Denver area soup kitchens.

She and Al also filled their retirement with travel, cruises and trips to Maine to visit Scott and his family while staying close with the myriad friends she'd gathered, including her breakfast pals in the Pessimist Club and devoted Betty Adams friend Nancy Mullen.

Bonne was preceded in death by her parents Jim and Margaret and aunts, uncles and cousins in New York and Denver.

She is survived by her husband Al, her sister Anita Marie (McNeive) Sirois of Houston, her son Scott and his wife Hadley Brewer Taylor, her grandson Matthew Stephenson Moore Taylor, her niece and goddaughter Kimberly Marie Mausser and her husband Robert Mausser and her grand-niece Stephanie Mausser Messina.

A vigil is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Oct. 26, 2022 at Horan McConaty Funeral Service, 7577 W. 80th Ave. in Arvada.

The funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Oct. 27, 2022 at Spirit of Christ Catholic Community, 7400 W. 80th Ave. in Arvada.

In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer donations in Bonne's name to the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation ( www.bonehealthandosteoporosis.org ) and the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation ( www.alzinfo.org ).