Barbara Bogert-Taylor

Longtime Juneau resident Barbara A. Bogert-Taylor died April 1, 2008, in Juneau. She was 74.

Born Feb. 21, 1934, in Lebanon, Mo., she moved to Alaska from Florida in 1970. Bogert-Taylor worked several years for the Juneau-Douglas Telephone Co., the Teamsters Union and eventually retired from the state of Alaska in 1992. According to her family, she had many loves in her life, but she was especially devoted to her faith. She spent several years away from her faith, but eventually found her ultimate strength, peace and comfort within it,

Her family and friends said they will remember her as a loving, caring person who always had a quick wit, funny joke and loving words of kindness.

Bogert-Taylor was preceded in death by her husband, Wiley “Sid” Taylor Jr., and grandson, Terry M. Bogert.

She is survived by her sons, Steven (Lisa) Bogert and their son, Michael of Juneau and David (Marguerite) Bogert and their sons, DJ, Tyler and Chance of Big Lake; and daughter, Peggy (Kerry) Wilcox of Utah, their daughter, Sara, and sons, Brandon and Bryan, who live in Oregon.

Memorial services will be at noon April 4 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Juneau. A reception will follow in the narthex of the church.