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- A radio personality once called Joy Taylor, "Crazy Aunt Joy" and she wore it like a badge of honour. Beloved and esteemed by family, friends, the media and the NDP, Joy was a free spirit, an intelligent woman, whose love and compassion for others was boundless. Each day, she would send emails to newspaper editors, promoting human rights, decrying abuses of power and encouraging love and goodwill. She starred in videos for Operation Maple to promote her political beliefs. Her book, "A Life of Joy" describes a life filled with joy but also pain. She found time every week to bake goodies for family, friends, store clerks and dogs. Joy's love for the world was evident in all that she did for others. A transplanted Newfie, Joy moved from Petites, Newfoundland to Toronto as a baby and she later raised a family in Scarborough. Husband, Ed Taylor, preceded her in death, as did 4 sisters and 3 brothers. Succeeding Joy are two of her brothers, Harry Courtney (wife, Eileen) of St Joseph's Island and Stan Courtney (wife, June) of North Bay, son Chuck Taylor (wife, Ann) of Whitby, daughter Kathi Taylor Clement (husband, John) of Bristol, Tennessee, 4 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews and a wide circle of friends. Joy was a big supporter of Lola Lawton's work with First Nations people. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Lola's "Relay for Hunger" Go Fund Me. A Celebration of Joy's Life will be held at Cedarbrae Library, 545 Markham Rd. on October 14th, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
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1923 - 2017 (94 years)
