Ventura
Patricia E. Taylor-Gray, 78 of Ventura, passed away suddenly early Saturday morning November 14, 2015.
Patricia was born September 4, 1937 in Salem, Oregon and was a Ventura County resident for the past 24 years coming from Canoga Park.
She met her husband James Francis Gray over a cup of coffee at Chuck E Cheese Restaurant in Reseda. They were so different and yet opposites attract and they were very happily married for 27 years.
Patricia was an antique dealer/collector. Many of her clients knew her as Taylor - Gray.
She enjoyed antiquing, loved fillet of fish, and especially loved driving her 1959 Jaguar XK150. She was a member of the Assistance League and Casa Pacifica.
She leaves her beloved husband James Francis Gray; children Vanessa Lynn Herndon of Oregon, April Elain Oleman of Oregon, Lenford Charles Oleman and his wife Tammie Cheng Oleman and Brittney R. Bradford of Washington; her step-father Edward Stanton Ward of Oregon; grandchildren Thassa L. Cole, Scott Alan Alderman, Lane Joseph Randall, Arron Michael Oleman, Saige James Taylor, Alexis Elaine Peterson, Nico Kaee Javellana, Whitney Cheng Oleman, Tyler Roberts Wilson, Justice Jerome Wornum; great grandchildren Miles Henry Cole, Logan Clark Cole, and Emma Elaine Lepley-Peterson; preceded in death by her son Ernest Lee Oleman, her mother Georgia Ann Davenport Ward, father James Taylor and granddaughter Page Brittany Dawson.
Cremation Arrangements are under the direction of the JOSEPH P. REARDON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICE, 757 E. Main Street Ventura.
In lieu of flowers please honor Patricia with a donation to The Dudley House, P.O.Box 6803 Ventura, CA 93006