Virginia Crouse Taylor

Virginia (Ginnie) Crouse Taylor, 88, of Saint Paul, Minn. and Princeton died August 22, 2014 in home hospice in Saint Paul surrounded by her husband, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Ginnie was born on July 13, 1926 in La Crosse, Va. to the late Frank and Elsie Raines Crouse. She graduated from Charlotte High School in Rochester, N.Y., and received a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 1948. She married Edward Curtis Taylor on June 29, 1946. Ted and Ginnie moved to Princeton in 1954 and have kept a home there ever since. They have also resided in Saint Paul, near family, in recent years.

She was president of the Princeton University League; served as science editor of the Princeton University Press; taught science for the Princeton Public Schools; conceived and produced for nine years “The Whole You,” a New Jersey Public Television program on health and various contemporary issues; was fluent in Mandarin and German; and had other interests and accomplishments too numerous to mention.

One of Ginnie’s greatest joys was spending summers at their home in Vermont. She loved gardening, golfing, and hiking.

She is survived by her husband Ted; son Ned and his wife Connie; daughter Susan Spielman and her husband Rick; nine grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren.

A celebration of Ginnie’s life will be held at a later date.