Judith (Taylor) Olds

Judy was born in Houlton, ME on February 27, 1938 a daughter of the late Glen Olen Taylor and Madeline B. (Bell) Taylor of Houlton, ME.    She attended local area schools and graduated from Houlton High School. After High School she attended the University of Maine in Farmington and then earned her Masters at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham.

Judy spent 35 years as a teacher for MSAD #15 at the elementary school level. 

She was a master knitter giving lessons, entering craft shows and even owned her own yarn shop. She loved gardening, sewing, skiing, yoga and dancing and during her retirement she was a line dance instructor. She took up the game of golf later in her life.

Besides her mother she is survived by her three children Jeffrey Hall, Jill Anketell and her husband Tim both of Gray, ME and Heidi Deemer of New Gloucester, ME. She also leaves six grandchildren Angela, Danielle, Heather, Abby, Sam and Leo and four great grandchildren Caden, Dillon, Colby and Destinee as well as her sister Mary Lou Knox of Florida, her brother Timothy Taylor of Texas and several nieces and nephews.  She was also the mother of the late Gregory Hall, who died in 1978.

Services will be private.

Arrangements are under the care of Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services, 981 Forest Ave. Portland, ME. Please visit www.advantageportland.com to sign Judy’s guestbook.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory can be made to:

Gosnell Memorial Hospice House

11 Hunnewell Road

Scarborough, ME 04074