The Board of the UU Retired Ministers and Partners Association offers our condolences to the family and colleagues of the Rev. Todd J. Taylor, who died on February 15, 2023, at the age of 93 (1929-2023).

Todd is survived by his wife, Caroline Fenderson, of Palm Harbor, FL, a retired Unitarian Universalist Minister of Religious Education. He is also survived by his three children, Wannie Lee (Sonny, d. 2022), Todd Eliot (Allison), and Jenai Ann (Alan), their mother, Rev. Carol Ann (Marine) Taylor, and two grandchildren, Katie Taylor, and Will Taylor. He also leaves three stepdaughters, Jenifer Valingo, Georgia Atkinson, and Michele Marcon, and their partners and children. He was preceded in death by his parents, five siblings: Wannie, George, Richard, Natalie, and Frederick: and his wife of forty years, Carolyn Ford Taylor (d. 2014).

Todd will be interred with Carolyn in the Memorial Wall and Cinerarium at First Unitarian Church, Albuquerque, NM. The family is planning a private service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials, and donations can be sent to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, www.uusc.org. UURMaPA will contribute to the UUMA Endowment Fund in honor of our colleague’s ministry.

Notes of condolence can be sent to Caroline Fenderson, 29 Freshwater Drive, Palm Harbor, FL 34684.

A more complete obituary will be forthcoming after biographical research has been completed. If any readers would wish to contribute information or reminiscences, we would welcome them. Please send them to UURMaPA’s clergy obituary editor, Jay Atkinson – jayatk40@gmail.com.