Jeffrey Pease Taylor

Jeffrey Pease Taylor, age 69 years, died peacefully on August 21, 2020 at Wentworth Douglass Hospital (Dover, NH) of complications from metastatic melanoma.Jeff was the beloved husband of Catherine (Twomey) Taylor of Rochester, NH and Chatham, MA. Jeff was born at Hartford Hospital (CT) to Saunda (Pease) Taylor and Harlan Taylor. He was raised in Manchester, CT, but spent many a happy vacation at his grandparents' farm, Moraka Stock Farm, in Rochester, NH. Jeff attended Northeastern University, graduating in 1974 and majoring in civil engineering. After college, Jeff returned to his beloved family farm and trained and raced Standardbred horses around many of the New England harness racing tracks. In the mid 1970's, Jeff started his own construction company, Moraka Construction. Jeff and Cathy were married in 1977 and purchased the family farm in Rochester, where Cathy taught school and Jeff ran his construction business. Jeff served as General Manager of The Rochester Fair for several years and also served...