It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Ricky Edward George Taylor, aged 75, of Mission, BC. He passed away peacefully on January 31, 2025, at Royal Columbian Hospital from natural causes.
Rick was born on November 29, 1949, in Edmonton, Alberta, to his loving parents Wendell and Ruth. Throughout his life, he maintained a deep passion for technology and cars, often glued to his computer or attending the various classic car shows around the Fraser Valley. He also found fulfillment through his active participation in his church community at Trinity CRC, where he was a regular member.
Rick is survived by his wife, Lucinda, and their two children, Chris and Sarah. He is also survived by his sister Wende and his half-siblings, Shan and Max.
February 22nd, 2025
Rick & Wende
February 22nd, 2025
Ricky & Wende
February 22nd, 2025
Rick with his wife Lucinda
February 22nd, 2025
Rick and his children 2009
February 22nd, 2025
Rick with his parents and sister in 1989
February 6th, 2025
Rick, with his parents and sister
February 6th, 2025
February 6th, 2025
Rick and his family, his best legacy.
February 6th, 2025
Rick and I have been friends for about 40-45 years. He was a wonderful friend to me. We talked about many things like computers, cars, and church. When he was writing letters back and forth to the love of his life Lucinda in the US, Rick would tell me how excited he was about the possibility of her coming to Canada to be his wife. We would talk a great deal about this because he was, through the letters that they wrote, he felt that they were destined to be married. When he proposed to her, I think it was over the phone, and she said yes, Rick was just over the moon and so excited because they loved each other so, so much! I can remember the evening that they got married (I and another person acted as witnesses during the ceremony) at Rick's home in Sherwood Park, AB, Canada....Rick and Lucinda were so, so happy! I have never seen Rick smile so much! We all went out for their wedding dinner that evening and we all had a wonderful time!
There are many other times that I can remember....when Rick found work in British Columbia, Canada and moved with Lucinda. He would be doing computer work....work that he really enjoyed! We kept in touch by telephone and talked a great deal. One of the times that I recall very well was when his son Chris was born. Rick was so, so, happy! He had a son...that meant oh, so much to him! Rick would send me pictures of him in the mail...that was before email! Then his daughter Sarah was born...he felt just the same way! He was pleased as he could be because he now had a son and a daughter! He had his beautiful wife Lucinda and two wonderful children!
I remember visiting Rick and Lucinda and Chris and Sarah when my husband and I went to Vancouver, British Columbia on vacation. I took some pictures of them when we were there...I still have them at my home.
Although we have not seen each other in many years, we have still talked to each other many, many times on the telephone. I will cherish all the times that we talked and listened to each other. Rick was a very special, excellent friend, worker, son, brother, and husband who will be dearly, dearly missed. You had a wonderful life, Rick. I know that you are with the Angels, Rick!
February 6th, 2025
My older brother Rick, by three years. My heart hurts and I’m so saddened for him as this has all been quite sudden. My sympathies go to his wife Lucinda and his children Chris and Sarah.
Memories of our childhood are strongest for me as we were always together. When Rick started grade one, I stood at the end of the driveway sobbing as he walked down the road to school. Such was our bond. Rick was different and was bullied a lot, I felt like his protector many times, gladly so. Rick was quiet and gentle, he didn’t speak a lot or ever show his emotions, he kept to himself mostly. He had abit of a speech impediment from a young age which never really improved, try as he might. He was not a social person but a voracious reader from early on, loved the library and always had a book with him. He was constantly acquiring knowledge or just reading fiction. A couple of years ago, I gave him all his childhood books which had remained in our parents home. We grew up in a tight family environment surrounded by our cousins, aunts, uncle’s, and grandparents… Rick loved them all. I don’t feel Rick or I ever wanted for anything, we were so fortunate and given much from our parents, in many ways.
In his teens, Rick was a Boy Scout and later, a Cadet … looking quite fine in his uniforms. He was a newspaper delivery boy with a fairly large route and I always felt bad for him when it rained. Mom and I helped him when it snowed a lot. Rick built models, aircraft carriers and the like, very delicate work. He tried to play the clarinet in the school band but was “really bad” at it, kudos to him for trying though. He didn’t really have a preference for music in his teens, I’m not sure he even liked rock n’ roll. I do recall teaching him to dance in our living room though, amongst much laughter.
Shortly after Rick graduated, he left home and moved to northern B.C. and eventually to Alberta. He was constantly learning, taking various courses or degree programs throughout the years.
I admired that Rick was always involved in attending church services, now and then he’d mention a service he’d attended at a different church. May Our Lord welcome you home my brother Ricky, with love and open arms.
Ricky and Wende. You and me…. me and you 💕
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