5/12/1945 – 12/18/2025
Lawrence
Cheryl Kay Taylor, 80, of Lawrence, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 of complications from dementia.
The daughter of Geraldine Frances (Petersen) Robinson and Joel A. Robinson, she was born May 12, 1945 in Topeka. She graduated from Lawrence High School in 1963 and married George William Taylor June 30, 1963.
They lived in Kansas City, Lee’s Summit, Mo., and Plainfield, N.J., before divorcing in 1975.
Ms. Taylor returned to Lawrence to raise three children while working a variety of jobs before joining the team at Hallmark’s Lawrence Production Center where she worked for about three decades before retiring.
She was an active member of the congregation at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lawrence where she was a member of the Altar Care Team, a member of a call committee to find a new pastor, and she served a term as the Trinity Lutheran Council President. Perhaps the most rewarding job of her service to the church was as a member of Trinity’s Women of the ELCA (WELCA) where she met many, many people she considered close friends for the rest of her life.
Out of deference to the holiday commitments of those who knew and loved Ms. Taylor, her children have decided to proceed with cremation with a celebration of life to follow at a later date. The family suggests memorial contributions to the World Wildlife Fund.
She is survived by a son, Wm. Paul Taylor, Woodbridge, Va.; a daughter Pamela Suzanne (Taylor) Kaercher, Shiloh, Ill.; a son, Christopher Scott Taylor, Lawrence; a brother, David Arthur Robinson, Wichita, Kan. and seven grandchildren: Cameron Seeley Taylor, Woodbridge, Va.; Nicholas Graham Taylor, Woodbridge, Va.; Peyton Elizabeth Kaercher, Monroe, Mich.; Hannah Grace Taylor, who preceded her in death in 1998; Olivia Renee Taylor, Lawrence; Joseph Christopher Taylor, Lawrence; Lannie Catherin Kaercher, Shiloh, Ill.; and Mae Grace Taylor, Lawrence.
Online condolences may be sent to www.rumsey-yost.com.
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