Mary Taylor Hulme

Mary JoAnne Taylor was born on her family farm in Gresham, Oregon, to Riley Howell Taylor and Catherine Marie Lambert. During the Depression, they moved back onto the farm and lived in the chicken coup!

As a young girl she attended St. Rose Catholic School where she first learned to play the piano that became her lifelong interest. Later she graduated high school from Holy Child Academy. After graduating from Lewis and Clark College with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Teaching, she met the love of her life Robert Henry Hulme. They married on August 5, 1950. They raised five children in the Portland area. She loved synchronized swimming and helped found the team called the Mermacs at the Multnomah Athletic Club. For over 40 years, she made lifelong friends and won numerous national championships including the last one at age 81.

Her love for music continued as she taught piano out of her home until she was 82. She was an active member of the Oregon Music Teacher Association (OMTA) and the National Music Teacher Association for over 30 years. She served as President of the OMTA in 1986 and started the non-profit organization MusicLink Foundation of Oregon in 1997 that helps talented music students who cannot afford lessons. She loved her beach cabin at Roads End on the Oregon Coast where she hosted many family gatherings. She has been a lifelong member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church and enjoyed singing in the choir, serving as a Eucharistic Minister and hosting as “Donut Lady”.

She is preceded in death by her beloved husband Robert H. Hulme, her brother Ronnie Taylor, and Daughter-in-Law Cathy Lee Hulme. She is survived by her brothers Riley (Wanda) Taylor, Jack (Jean) Taylor and Tom (Susie) Taylor and her Children Charles (Linda) Hulme, Catherine (Steve) Wetterling, David (Lori) Hulme, Alan (Valorie) Hulme, and Elizabeth (Ian) McNeil plus 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Mary, you will be missed greatly and always in our hearts. We love you.

A memorial mass will be held at 1:00pm on Monday, June 1, 2015 at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, 4112 SW 6th Avenue Drive, Portland, OR 97239. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her memory to MusicLink Foundation, please make checks payable to the Oregon Music Teacher’s Association and mail them to Eileen Knox, Oregon MusicLink Coordinator, at 3734 NW 144th Place, Portland, Oregon 97229. She will see that every dollar goes to a child with a passion for music in financial need Mary will be laid to rest at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Portland Oregon.

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Mary JoAnne Taylor was born on her family farm in Gresham, Oregon, to Riley Howell Taylor and Catherine Marie Lambert. During the Depression, they moved back onto the farm and lived in the chicken coup!

As a young girl she attended St. Rose Catholic School where she first learned to play the piano that became her lifelong interest. Later she graduated high school from Holy Child Academy. After graduating from Lewis and Clark College with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Teaching, she met the love of her life Robert Henry Hulme. They married on August 5, 1950. They raised five children in the Portland area. She loved synchronized swimming and helped found the team called the Mermacs at the Multnomah Athletic Club. For over 40 years, she made lifelong friends and won numerous national championships including the last one at age 81.

Her love for music continued as she taught piano out of her home until she was 82. She was an active member of the Oregon Music Teacher Association (OMTA) and the National Music Teacher Association for over 30 years. She served as President of the OMTA in 1986 and started the non-profit organization MusicLink Foundation of Oregon in 1997 that helps talented music students who cannot afford lessons. She loved her beach cabin at Roads End on the Oregon Coast where she hosted many family gatherings. She has been a lifelong member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church and enjoyed singing in the choir, serving as a Eucharistic Minister and hosting as “Donut Lady”.

She is preceded in death by her beloved husband Robert H. Hulme, her brother Ronnie Taylor, and Daughter-in-Law Cathy Lee Hulme. She is survived by her brothers Riley (Wanda) Taylor, Jack (Jean) Taylor and Tom (Susie) Taylor and her Children Charles (Linda) Hulme, Catherine (Steve) Wetterling, David (Lori) Hulme, Alan (Valorie) Hulme, and Elizabeth (Ian) McNeil plus 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Mary, you will be missed greatly and always in our hearts. We love you.

A memorial mass will be held at 1:00pm on Monday, June 1, 2015 at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, 4112 SW 6th Avenue Drive, Portland, OR 97239. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her memory to MusicLink Foundation, please make checks payable to the Oregon Music Teacher’s Association and mail them to Eileen Knox, Oregon MusicLink Coordinator, at 3734 NW 144th Place, Portland, Oregon 97229. She will see that every dollar goes to a child with a passion for music in financial need. Mary will be laid to rest at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Portland Oregon.

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