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We have determined by consulting with Mary Taylor Stalling's nephew, John, that Mary chose not to have a written obituary. Consequently there is no obituary for Mary on our class website.
To compensate for the absence, we welcome you to write your own memories of Mary on this page. To those of you who earlier wrote comments under your profile soon after Mary's passing, please copy those below.
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Kent Hill
Kay and I are so very sad to hear of Mary's passing, and hope Mary can now rest in eternal peace.
Our friendship has spanned from the 1950's at Longfellow Elementary School, and we have really appreciated our times together, and the memories we will always carry with us. We will miss your bright smile, funny sense of humor, and your emails and photos of your activites in northern California.
We send our condolences to Mary's family, and wish them all the very best as they deal with Mary's passing.
Kent Hill
Fred Stieglitz
I always admired her because she was a lot smarter than me. Mary's beautiful smile is still a vague memory, Rest in peace, Mary. I still love ya.
Kent Hill
We received this obituary for Mary Taylor Stallings from Mary's daughter Sara today(2-20-21).
https://www.theunion.com/news/obituaries/obituary-for-mary-t-stallings/
Mary T Stallings
September 4, 2020
Mary Stallings left us on Friday, September 4, 2020 after a short battle with cancer. She was 73.
Mary was born August 9, 1947 to Wendell and Ruth (Davis) Taylor in Minnesota. She grew up in Iowa City, attending Iowa City High School, class of 1965, and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1969.
In 1967, Mary married Julian Boulton and moved to California after college.
On February 20, 1980, Mary and James L Stallings were married and raised their children: Sara and Michael, in San Francisco. In retirement, she moved to Greenville, CA with Jim, where she volunteered with the Greenville Historical Society and accompanied Jim on many adventures, exploring the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
After Jim’s death in 2015, Mary moved to Grass Valley, CA to be closer to her kids and 4 grandsons.
Mary was an avid writer and always eager to share her “stories” with friends and family. She enjoyed bluegrass and folk music and playing her baritone ukulele with the Fruit Jar Pickers of Rough and Ready. She was a member of “Old Lady” Zumba at Rhythm Fitness and really adored the friends she made there.
She is survived by her children, Sara (Stallings) and Ryan Christiansen and their 2 sons and Michael and Heather (Bradley) Stallings and their 2 sons. Sisters, Betty Bailey (Tom) and Kris Code, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Patricia Lenz, brothers Thomas and James Taylor, and husband James Stallings.