JOSEPH DAVID TAYLOR, 93, OF ENDICOTT PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME JANUARY 21, 2025. HE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 4, 1931, IN HADDONFIELD, NJ TO THE LATE DOROTHY WEYAND AND BENJAMIN TAYLOR. HE IS PREDECEASED BY HIS WIFE ELIZABETH TAYLOR (BETZ), GRANDSON RYAN TAYLOR AND GRANDDAUGHTER REBECCA CRERAR. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON ROBERT TAYLOR (LENORA), DAUGHTERS COLLEEN DEBENEDITTIS AND JOY CRERAR. HIS GRANDCHILDREN JILLIAN GONZALEZ (CHRIS), ERIC DEBENEDITTIS (KELSEY), MATTHEW TAYLOR, KRISTINA KISSNER (JOHN), AND ANDREW CRERAR. HIS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN BELLA, CARTER, TRISTEN, JAXSON, KAYLINA AND ELLIANNA. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL FRIENDS AND CAREGIVERS LIA AND KENYA. JOE GREW UP IN HADDONFIELD, NJ AND GRADUATED FROM CAMDEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN 1949. AFTER GRADUATION HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATE AIR FORCE. WHILE SERVING, HE MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART ELIZABETH JANE BETZ IN 1953. AFTER HIS ENLISTMENT WAS OVER, HE WAS HIRED BY IBM. HE WORKED AT IBM FOR OVER 30 YRS. IN THAT TIME, HE MOVED TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATES AND SPENT THE LAST OF HIS CAREER IN OWEGO, NY. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 1700 AS A MEMBER OF THE HONOR GUARD AND MARCHED WITH THE CONTINENTAL FIFE AND DRUM CORPS, PERFORMING IN PARADES ALL OVER THE STATE. HE VOLUNTEERED AT LOURDES HOSPITAL, WORKED AT ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH DOING BINGO AND THE CHURCH BAZAARS. HE ENJOYED ROAD TRIPS WITH HIS FRIENDS BUTCH NABINGER AND VIC TENNANT. HE AND VIC VISITED FERNANDINA BEACH FOR YEARS. HE AND BUTCH TRAVELED TO NUMEROUS AMERICAN LEGIONS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN TIER. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT LEON PUCEDO FUNERAL HOME, INC. 1905 WATSON BLVD. ENDICOTT, NY ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 5-7PM. A FUNERAL MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH AT SAINT JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH 207 HAYES AVE. ENDICOTT, NY AT 10:00 AM. BURIAL WILL BE AT CALVARY CEMETERY.