Jean Taylor

Jean Fallon Taylor (née Fallon) of Mystic, CT born October 6, 1937, passed quietly on October 11, 2025, after a brief illness with her family by her side.

Jean was born in Boston, MA, at Mass General Hospital to Dr. John J. and Regina Fallon of Concord, MA. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Frank Taylor, of Mystic, CT; daughter Julie Taylor Veto, son-in-law, Reid Veto and their children Adrian and Cecily of Brooklyn, NY; daughter Amy Taylor of Rio Rico, AZ, and her daughters Elisa of Worcester, MA, Ekaterina of Somerville, MA, and Anya of Beverly, MA.

Jean grew up in Concord, MA, where she lived with her parents and brother, John, in a historic home that formerly belonged to Dr. Samuel Prescott. Dr. Prescott was a physician and a patriot during the Revolutionary War best known for his role in Paul Revere's "midnight ride" as the only participant to reach Concord.

Jean attended Concord-Carlisle High School, graduated from Radcliffe College with an BA in Economics in 1959, and went to work for IBM. She worked in Boston, Hartford, San Francisco and Menlo Park. Jean and Frank met in 1969 at an IBM event in New York City, introduced by a mutual friend. After cross-country dating, they got engaged and were married in Concord, MA, on October 10, 1970. She retired from IBM in 1972 to raise her family.

In 1983, Jean and one of her closest friends started an application consulting business, FASTAR. Their key accounts included Emery Worldwide, then one of the oldest and largest air freight forwarding companies, Readers Digest, and New England Security Services. The two also ran education classes teaching children and adults how to effectively use the "new" personal computers.

In 2002, Jean received a Master's Degree in Library Science from Southern Connecticut University, then joined the Mark Twain Library in Redding, CT, as Reference Librarian until her retirement in 2016. She was active with her girls at school; in the League of Women Voters; at St. Patrick's Church in Redding; and as an avid golfer at the Redding Country Club where she won many tournaments. For more than 15 years, every morning you could see Jean walking along Lonetown Road with her dear friend on their daily three-mile walk.

Jean was known for her kindness, thoughtfulness and deep commitment to her family, always there to help and provide love and guidance.

Frank and Jean moved to StoneRidge Continuing Care Retirement Community in Mystic, CT, in 2022.

A funeral mass will be held in Redding, CT, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church November 14 at 11am.

Burial will be a private ceremony at St. Bernard Cemetery, Concord, MA

In lieu of flowers, please consider donations in memory of Jean Fallon Taylor to The Parkinson's Foundation https://www.parkinson.org/?form=19983&tribute=true

or The Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center (https://giving.mclean.org/mclean-brain-bank/)