September 1, 1951 �" May 19, 2010
Alvin Marshall Taylor, 58, passed away Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at CA Pacific Medical Center on Pacific Campus in San Francisco. After a courageous battle with gastric cancer, he passed away peacefully, surrounded by loving family and friends.
He was born September 1, 1951 at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. His parents were Kathryn Elizabeth Marshall Taylor and Walter Gurney Taylor.
Throughout his childhood in Somers, CT, Alvin, along with a sister and two brothers, was given all the tools for curiosity and education by a loving mom and dad. In his youth, Alvin worked at Frontier Fur Farms, his family's mink farm. He began working at 5 cents an hour.
He graduated from Somers High School as most outstanding student in music, acting, and English in June 1969. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in the School of Education, majoring in English and minoring in Theatre, at University of Connecticut in May, 1973.
After a backpack trip through North Africa and Europe in 1974, Alvin moved to Tucson, Arizona with friends. There he taught dancing at Arthur Murray Dance Studios and did office work at University of Arizona. In August 1978, Alvin made his final move to San Francisco, where he lived happily for the rest of his life.