Birth date: Feb 7, 1937 Death date: Jul 17, 2025
Gail “Tammy” Tamara Blake Taylor passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2025 at the age of 88. A Graveside Service will be held at on Monday, August 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM for interment of her ashes in Riverside National Cemetery in Rive Read Obituary
Heather lit a candle in memory of Gail "Tammy" Taylor
heather lit a candle in memory of Gail "Tammy" Taylor
Heather Wilfert lit a candle in memory of Gail "Tammy" Taylor
So grateful for the love of my Aunt Tammy. I will cherish every conversation, and every note. Some of our best talks were when I'd be driving my kids to and from their activities growing up. When I found myself with extra time to catch up and call family, the first person who came to mind was always Aunt Tammy. Those conversations were the best. I can still hear her voice saying my name, sharing and giving me all the updates. She always made me feel so loved, and important to her. I hope she knew how much that meant to me. Well, she knows.
My absolute favorite thing about her was her strong faith, which will continue to be inspiring.
Heather Wilfert lit a candle in memory of Gail "Tammy" Taylor
What can I say, this is my mom, and I love her always. She made me laugh, cry and sometimes made me really angry. She was always beautiful in my eyes, and I remember her telling me when I was little that I only thought she was beautiful because she was my mom. I remember looking at her hard, then telling her no you really are beautiful, and she'd smirk and shake her head.
There were things I needed to forgive her for, and I have and for now on I will focus on all that was good and all I'll miss for the rest of my life.
She taught me by example to love and adopt people. She made family out of many and kept in touch with people she had known since childhood.
Without a degree, she was an American, Old Hollywood, and English Royalty historian. I could always rely on her as a kind of encyclopedia.
She had the biggest funny bone and saw the humor in everything.
She loved animals, especially cats, hamsters and birds. Anything with a cute face. She wasnt much for dogs but warmed up to ours and learned to love them.
She appreciated a simple nice day and didn't need anything fancy.
I think what I'll miss most was she was always on my side, even when I was wrong. She always saw me as perfect, and I loved hearing her call me "Siser." I loved running to share a new outfit, hairdo or flower I'd picked. She was always ready to listen to me and always ready to share something she'd read or seen on TV.
She'd had a colorful childhood she enjoyed talking about and it was truly amazing the details in which she could remember. At times, I'd tire of her stories and now I already miss them.
My prayer is that she truly knew how much I loved her and miss her as a friend, and a mom.
Thank-you LORD for the perfect mom for me. I am in so many ways the person I am because of her.
I inserted myself into Tammy's life as a friend of her son. At this first time her children cautioned me about keeping curtains lowered. Being confused they'd explained their mom's abhorrence for morning sunlight, still confused they weren't willing to elaborate much back then however today my understanding why sunlight was 'bad' then for Tammy has been pretty well explained after closing in on five decades. Yes, I am slow, but turned out that Tammy was just a 'night owl'.
Tammy opened her heart to me back then and over time and couple of decades go by and again as son-in-law.
She was big fan of arts and crafts, stuff like painting, opera, ballet and films.
Yeah especially Hollywood. She'd babysit for actors as a teen while living in California. She'd tell stories about growing up in Temescal canyon in Pacific Palisades and family dynamics there and then as though no time had past. What I'm saying is that she was able to recall the details like scents and moods of places and characters both real and otherwise, she loved to tell anyone a story giving some historical reasons, events. So, it became a lesson, an oral telling and as a son-in-law of course I always listened. Her great granddaughter has missed out on her caring, earnest folktales of family histories and her love.
Like when she'd been born in Moscow, Idaho a little early because her mom slipped walking on ice, it was February...or stuff like visiting summers in Walpole, Massachusetts and some family member who invented one of the first 'band-aids' or a member of the women's suffrage movement...
There was so much storytelling or recollection within the last two decades she's embraced me as a son I am embarrassed to say that I will miss her stories and upset with myself for not making sure she knew how much I cared for her. Moreover how perceptive she could be with simply asking questions or relating a story towards helping strangers like myself. It's weird how one can care for someone else and not tell them enough.
Still, Tammy always said that she like my hugs, that's cool.
love,
Joseph
Our Love and sympathy to you…
Heather and Chris and both of your families
In the loss of your dear Mother, Tammy.
We have lots of happy memories with you and your family since 1963. We moved to Monrovia California and we became your neighbors.
In 1967 we were all at the grade school bus stop with Monica to see both of you and Shayne off on your first day of school.
Many states separated us over the years but that didn’t change our friendship… we always caught up with each other. Your Mom and I always kept in touch by phone or letters.
She will be missed so much. Her love for everyone will always be in our hearts with lots of happy memories of her.
God’s Blessings to you and your families.
With Our Love and Prayers,
The Pulfer’s
Wima & Monica
Shayne & Janeen
Tammy, I stayed with y I u a short while and I enjoyed ever minute of my time spent with you. You were the BEST story teller, about your life in California, and your 2 kids. It was so, so very interesting. I loved very much. Going to miss you.
