Gordon Roy Taylor died quietly in RJ Victoria hospital from COPD and asthma with Lorena, Guy and Caleen at his side on Dec 26/14, at age 82. He retired from organic grain farming on the 2.5 sections of land he homesteaded at Buick Creek, 50 miles North of Fort St. John. Clover and ploughing was his method, as he called chemical fertilization "mining". His custom thrashing and combining skills were later used at the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society, where he also demonstrated log cutting on his homemade wooden sawmill. Gordon demonstrated rock cutting, grinding and gemstone polishing with the Victoria Lapidary and Mineral Society, and taught opal jewelry making as well. He also learned woodworking on his own and made beautiful dove-tailed boxes with wooden hinges. He and wife Lorena celebrated their 60th Anniversary just days prior, on Dec 21st. All came with a smile, a laugh, and a story. He will be greatly missed.