Social butterfly had a passion for people and service and volunteered into her eighties Beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Antoinette Taylor, 99, lived a long and fulfilling life, passing after a brief illness. Toni was born on the first day of spring 1925, at home in Pawtucket, R.I. She was the daughter of Frederick and Addie (Soule) Lewis, descendent of George Soule of the Mayflower. Antoinette was raised in Pawtucket, spending summers in Jamestown, R.I., in a cottage built by her grandfather, which still stands on the West Ferry side of the island, surviving the “Yankee Clipper” Great New England Hurricane of 1938. She continued to visit Jamestown, a place she cherished, until her early eighties. Toni attended East High School in Pawtucket, class of 1943, serving as vice president of her senior class and voted “Most Popular.” With a passion for people and service, she began her lifelong social habits of participating in a wide variety of extracurricular activities, staying very active in her school community. She was in several clubs; played basketball, tennis and badminton; and was a member of the swim team. She went on to study English at University of Rhode Island, continuing her tradition of involvement by serving as Sigma Kappa chairwoman of social activities. She participated in student government and in many other organizations, including the rifle club. Toni was also member of the draft board and participated in the Philanthropic Education Association, which supported women in education. During World War II, she also worked at the Naval Torpedo Factory on Goat Island, R.I. She met William “Ken” Taylor in 1945 at a social mixer at Brown University. They wed in 1947 in Pawtucket. Her rifle skills came in handy clay shooting with Ken during their honeymoon, outshooting him. They went on to start a family in 1949 with the birth of their first son, Jeffrey. In 1952, Ken was stationed at Pearl Harbor. Toni flew on her own to Hawaii with her five-week-old second child, Kim, and two-year-old Jeff. They completed their family in 1957 with the birth of Gary. In 1964 the family relocated from Rhode Island to Essex Junction, Vt. Antoinette lived in their Essex residence until 2022. Toni was very generous with her time, volunteering over the years at the Brownell Public Library and the Essex Congregational Church. She pushed the book cart at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont for two decades and also delivered Meals on Wheels into her eighties. She…