September 18, 1950 - June 3, 2022
Deborah Klein Taylor PhD, of the Town of Onondaga passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family, including her dog Joshua. She was born Sept 18, 1950 in Teaneck, NJ, the daughter of the late Harold and Lilian Klein. Deborah attended and graduated from Dwight school for girls in New Jersey. She attended Columbia University on scholarship for 3 or more years and finished up on scholarship at NYU to complete a Bachelors degree. She also taught at and received a Masters degree from Fordham University. She worked at the Bronx zoo doing research which she really enjoyed. When she received her PhD in Molecular Genetics from Cornell University she was given a special award for scientific excellence. She did a post doctorate at Caltech and published many papers on the various research she was doing. In addition to doing research at UCLA, she worked at the cystic fibrosis clinic. She was one of the longest living survivors with cystic fibrosis. She then moved to Syracuse New York and worked for a period of time doing research for Upstate Medical University. It was there that she met her husband. They were together for 20 years, married in 2014, and the rest is history.
Deborah was a true dog lover. She was extremely fond of dogs and always inquired of anyone she dealt with, if they had a dog and what kind of dog it was. She had a number of dogs in her life including four standard poodles one of which survives at this time.
She is survived by her loving husband and best friend, Richard F. Taylor Jr. Esq; her step-children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Services are private. In Deborah's name please consider a donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
September 18, 1950 - June 3, 2022
Deborah Klein Taylor PhD, of the Town of Onondaga passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family, including her dog Joshua. She was born Sept 18, 1950 in Teaneck, NJ, the daughter of the late Harold and Lilian Klein. Deborah attended and graduated from Dwight school for girls in New Jersey. She attended Columbia University on scholarship for 3 or more years and finished up on scholarship at NYU to complete a Bachelors degree. She also taught at and received a Masters degree from Fordham University. She worked at the Bronx zoo doing research which she really enjoyed. When she received her PhD in Molecular Genetics from Cornell University she was given a special award for scientific excellence. She did a post doctorate at Caltech and published many papers on the various research she was doing. In addition to doing research at UCLA, she worked at the cystic fibrosis clinic. She was one of the longest living survivors with cystic fibrosis. She then moved to Syracuse New York and worked for a period of time doing research for Upstate Medical University. It was there that she met her husband. They were together for 20 years, married in 2014, and the rest is history.
Deborah was a true dog lover. She was extremely fond of dogs and always inquired of anyone she dealt with, if they had a dog and what kind of dog it was. She had a number of dogs in her life including four standard poodles one of which survives at this time.
She is survived by her loving husband and best friend, Richard F. Taylor Jr. Esq; her step-children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Services are private. In Deborah's name please consider a donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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