Everard Sinclair Taylor

08/10/1933 - 10/07/2025

Everard Sinclair Taylor, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully on October 7, 2025, at the age of 92. Born on August 10, 1933, in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, Ev moved to Detroit as a toddler and spent his early years there. He moved to Denver in the ninth grade and soon thereafter achieved the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (now Scouting America). Ev graduated from North High School in 1951 and matriculated at the University of Denver the same year.

In 1952, with the Korean War underway, Ev enlisted in the United States Air Force. After four years of distinguished service, Ev received an honorable discharge and returned to college. He finished his undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado and then joined the United States Foreign Service.

An extremely proud career U.S. diplomat, Ev began his Foreign Service journey in 1959 in Vienna, Austria. From there, his fascinating career travels took him to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he met his cherished wife of 60 years, Lucia Baère de Sá Campos. As a Foreign Service officer, Ev then served in an impressive range of posts around the globe: Brasília, Brazil; Leopoldville, Republic of the Congo (now Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo); Surabaya, Indonesia; Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Copenhagen, Denmark; Toronto, Ontario; and a return tour in Rio de Janeiro. He also served three tours in Washington, D.C., and spent a year as a special envoy to the United Nations.

After over 30 years as a respected and admired U.S. diplomat, Ev retired from the Foreign Service and switched gears to become a Certified Financial Planner, eventually becoming the President of The Financial Planning Centre in Vienna, Virginia. During his two decades of financial advising, he regularly emphasized the importance of the pro bono accounts he took on. Nothing pleased him more than helping people achieve financial security.

Ev was an ardent sports enthusiast throughout his life. He loved to play baseball, softball, golf, and ski. He was a bat boy for the Detroit Tigers during WWII, won the Djakarta Lloyd Cup golf tournament in 1968, and was a long-time season ticket holder of the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Redskins (now Commanders). He was also a fierce bowler after several Foreign Service tours, where bowling was a popular expat pastime.

More than anything, Ev adored and was deeply proud of his family. He always prioritized his wife, daughter, and grandchildren above all else. Ev will be remembered for the twinkle in his eyes, his excitement about (virtually) everything, his enthusiasm for all types of international cuisine, his love of espresso, his joie de vivre, and his devotion to his family and friends.

Ev was preceded in death by his dear wife, Lucia, and his parents, Frances and Charles Taylor. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Claudia Taylor Overstrom and Gunnar S Overtrom, III, grandchildren, Gunnar S Overstrom, IV, and Taylor Alexandra Overstrom, as well as his nieces and great-nieces.

A service to celebrate Ev's remarkable life will be held on Thursday, October 30, at 11 a.m. at National Funeral Home, 7482 Lee Highway, Falls Church, VA 22042. Donations in his memory may be made to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at: http://mskcc.convio.net/goto/EverardTaylor