Oblate Brother John Taylor (1880-1960)

John Taylor was born in Chicago, moved to the Kansas City, Mo., area later and married.  He had his wife had one child, a son, Father Martin Taylor of the Abbey community.  John, after the death of his wife and when he saw that Tommy, Father Martin, was settled at the Abbey, joined the community as an internal oblate in 1950.  He put his business expertise to good use in the procurator’s office.  He often came to Maur Hill where his son was teaching.  Each year on Father Martin’s birthday he brought a fifth of “Old Taylor” to the recreation room as a treat for all. 

Brother John Taylor passed away on December 22, 1960.