Taylor C. Faulkner who loved song, sport, and her special friends,died June 22 in Milton.
Miss Faulkner had a passion for all sports. She played middle school and high school soccer, basketball, tennis, and lacrosse, and received awards in all. All about team, she was most excited making a good pass in basketball, or a timely assist on the soccer field, or a good set on the volleyball court.
Whenever she painted people, she painted them smiling. Her favorite color was pink. She laughed a lot.
She played the violin, and sang as a choir member and soloist.
She was president of her class in middle school, and an award winner for hard work, citizenship and compassion.
She loved her time at Newton Country Day School and at Lesley University. The students and the professors became friends and mentors. She made the dean’s list at Lesley numerous times.
She studied French and Spanish, and spoke French well enough to keep her father out of prison when he was stopped for driving without his seatbelt while on vacation in the south of France.
While in middle school, she started volunteering at Rosie’s Place. She loved to sit down and talk with the women in the shelter.
She volunteered her time to work with patients at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and children at the Home for Little Wanderers.
Her favorite times were summers with her grandparents at Lake Winnipesaukee. She loved the water, and enjoyed swimming and snorkeling.
She was a one-on-one person and had a knack for getting to know people.
She was a good listener, and held her friends close and dear to her.
She is survived by her parents, Jesse Faulkner and Leslie McCulloch; her Grandma Joan, Grandpa and Grandma Jan, all of Connecticut; uncles, aunts and cousins; and many friends.
A memorial service was held in St. Michael’s Episcopal Church on June 28. Burial followed.
Donations may be made to the Home for Little Wanderers, 271 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115.
Arrangements were by the Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home.