Barbara Faye (Racine) Taylor passed away peacefully at home on November 26th in the arms of her loving husband of forty-seven and a half years, Fred Taylor. Barb grew up in Concord, California and graduated from Concord High School in 1957. She cherished her time in California.
She attended Iowa State University and moved to Des Moines to start her career, and lived the rest of her life in the Des Moines area. Barb and Fred married in 1974. They formed Taylor Insurance Services in 1988, where Barb served as the Vice President and CFO until her retirement in 2012. Barb was a devout born again Evangelical Christian, and practiced her faith in her daily life. She was passionate about her cooking, and she was widely acclaimed for her gourmet cooking skills. Her other passion was politics and she enjoyed volunteering on campaigns and meeting new people.
Barb loved her family and will be missed greatly. She and Fred had six children in their combined family: Kevin (wife Michelle), Stacey and Mike (deceased) Cargill, Cindy Brock, and Ed (wife Deb) and Darin (deceased) Taylor. She was blessed with twelve grandchildren: Nick, Katie (husband Hunter), Destiny, Elijah, Caleb, Nathan, Luke, Veronica, Monica, Melinda, Bryan and Rebecca, and six great grandchildren. She was also blessed with many nieces and nephews.
Barb was preceded in death by her parents Gordon and Marian Racine, her sister Diane Llewelyn and brother James Racine.
Rest in peace Nana.
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