Sybil Lee Taylor

Sybil Lee Woodard Taylor
Panguitch, Utah

Sybil Lee Woodard Taylor, 86, gently slipped from this mortal life into the embrace of her eternal family on March 12, 2025 in Panguitch, Utah. She was surrounded by loving family, laughter, and tears as she left this life and was welcomed home by loving family, laughter, and tears. We can only imagine the pure joy of their reunion.

Sybil had suffered from multiple health issues over the past ten years; issues that affected her physically and mentally. She faced those challenges with the saltiness that was her soul; head on and full of fight.

Sybil was born March 8, 1939 in Panguitch, Utah, to Deward and Blanche Heywood Woodard. She married James Lee Taylor on April 29, 1956. Jim was the love of her life. She dedicated her life to their marriage; they were practically inseparable. Three daughters were born from their love for one another, Cindy, Suzanne, and Deborah – The Taylor Girls.

If you were lucky enough to have Sybil touch your life, you knew her to be a force of nature. She was full of good jokes, good stories, and an abundance of joy that she gifted to those around her. She was always in service to the people in her community, feeling it was her responsibility to ease other people’s suffering. She fed people, wrapped them in her quilts, and clothed them with the parkas off Dad’s back. He is still looking for those coats! She nursed the sick and loved them in their afflictions. Homemade peanut butter fudge was her love language. Sybil’s time spent in the nursing field was her true calling. Countless lives have been touched by her compassion and empathy for her patients. She remained consciously involved with the infrastructure of her community. Sybil proudly held the self-appointed position as “Mayor of Spry” for decades.

Sybil is survived in death by her husband, Jim Taylor; daughters, Cindy Stewart, Suzanne (Burton) Honey, and Deborah Taylor; sister, Diane Cadol; 8 grandchildren and 26 great- grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Deward and Blanche; grandsons, Jeffrey Stewart and Jimmy Stewart; son-in-law, Kyle Stewart; and siblings, Kathryn Howa, Barbara Ipson, George Woodard, Beth Whitney, Paul Woodard, and Gretha Eyre.

Funeral services will be Friday, March 21, 2025 at 12 Noon in the Panguitch 2nd Ward Chapel with a viewing prior to services from 10:00 - 11:30 am at the church. Interment will be in the Panguitch Cemetery.

Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook www.maglebymortuary.com