Carroll, Margaret Bancroft (Taylor)
Margaret Bancroft Taylor Carroll passed away at home on October 13, 2021. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, on February 18, 1937, to the late Thomas James Taylor, Jr., and Virginia Sims Rhen Taylor. After graduating from Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia in 1957, she married her husband of 59 years, James Joseph Carroll, Jr., in 1960, and then moved to West Hartford, where she was a resident until her death. She was a volunteer in the greater Hartford community though several organizations including the Junior League of Hartford, where she chaired several committees and served as Corresponding Secretary; and Connecticut Public Broadcasting, where she served as Secretary of the Board of Trustees, planned and co-chaired major giving campaigns, and helped with several auctions both on and off the air. Later she worked at Trinity College in Hartford, retiring as Director of Donor Relations. Margaret was an avid reader and follower of politics. She also loved spending time enjoying nature, especially by bird watching and visiting Alabama's Gulf Coast.
She is survived by her son, David Bancroft Carroll of Lexington, Massachusetts, her sister, Virginia (Ginger) Taylor Otts and Ginger's husband, Mac Otts of Mobile, Alabama, as well as many nieces, nephews and other relatives. In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by her brother, Thomas James Taylor, III.
At her request, cremation will be private, with arrangements by the Carmon Funeral Homes in Windsor.
For those who wish to make a gift in Margaret's memory, in lieu of flowers the family suggests a contribution to the Carroll Family Fund at the Hartford Foundation
for Public Giving, 10 Columbus Boulevard, 8th floor, Hartford, CT 06106 for the purpose of environmental education and conservation, or to the Taylor Family Fund at the Community Foundation of South Alabama, P. O. Box 990, Mobile, AL 36601-0990 for the purpose of environmental preservation, research, restoration and education. A lifelong devotee of nature and of Alabama's Gulf Coast, her ashes will be scattered off the coastline she loved. To leave an online message of condolence for her family, please visit www.carmonfuneralhome.com.