LaVaughn "Bill" F. Taylor
August 4, 1923 — June 17, 2016
LaVaughn "Bill" F. Taylor
LaVaughn “Bill” F. Taylor, age 92, of Mesa, AZ and formerly of Garden City, died Friday, June 17, 2016, at the Legacy Retirement Center in Mesa, AZ.
Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Northview – North Mankato Mortuary, 2060 Commerce Drive, North Mankato. Visitation will be one hour before service on Thursday. Interment will be in Garden City Cemetery.
LaVaughn “Bill” Franklin Taylor was born August 4, 1923 in Hedrick, Iowa to Carlton and Verna Taylor. In 1926, his family moved to Southern Minnesota. He attended Garden City Grade School and High School, graduating in 1941. He was a member of both the High School basketball and football teams. In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve and served in the South Pacific. He was assigned to an LCM and was in the Amphibious Landings on the Marshall Islands, on Guam, Tinian, and Saipan. Later, he served abroad the U.S.S Stormes, DD780, off the coast of Okinawa. There the ship was damaged by a Japanese Kamikaze. He was discharged from the Navy in November of 1945. Bill married Phyllis Crane in Garden City on April 25, 1943. After his discharge from the Navy, he worked in the T.G. Crane Hardware in Garden City, MN. In 1956, they moved their family to Scottsdale, AZ. Bill was employed at the International Harvester Proving Ground in Phoenix from 1956 to 1960. He became a Territory Service Manager for the company and was transferred to City of Industry, California. They made their home in Upland, California. In 1962, he was transferred back to Scottsdale, where they lived until his retirement in 1982. Bill was a member of First Baptist Church of Scottsdale, and was a volunteer at the Mayo Clinic. We will always remember how he enjoyed boating and water skiing with his boys, and traveling in their R.V.
Bill is survived by his wife, Phyllis; 3 sons, Thomas (Pat) of Scottsdale, Lawrence (Paulette) of Mesa, and Donald (Neta) of Garden City; 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Donald (Sue) Crane of Garden City; 3 nieces and 3 nephews. Bill was preceded in death by his parents; 2 sisters; 2 brothers; and 1 great-grandchild
Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Northview – North Mankato Mortuary, 2060 Commerce Drive, North Mankato. Visitation will be one hour before service on Thursday. Interment will be in Garden City Cemetery.
LaVaughn “Bill” Franklin Taylor was born August 4, 1923 in Hedrick, Iowa to Carlton and Verna Taylor. In 1926, his family moved to Southern Minnesota. He attended Garden City Grade School and High School, graduating in 1941. He was a member of both the High School basketball and football teams. In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve and served in the South Pacific. He was assigned to an LCM and was in the Amphibious Landings on the Marshall Islands, on Guam, Tinian, and Saipan. Later, he served abroad the U.S.S Stormes, DD780, off the coast of Okinawa. There the ship was damaged by a Japanese Kamikaze. He was discharged from the Navy in November of 1945. Bill married Phyllis Crane in Garden City on April 25, 1943. After his discharge from the Navy, he worked in the T.G. Crane Hardware in Garden City, MN. In 1956, they moved their family to Scottsdale, AZ. Bill was employed at the International Harvester Proving Ground in Phoenix from 1956 to 1960. He became a Territory Service Manager for the company and was transferred to City of Industry, California. They made their home in Upland, California. In 1962, he was transferred back to Scottsdale, where they lived until his retirement in 1982. Bill was a member of First Baptist Church of Scottsdale, and was a volunteer at the Mayo Clinic. We will always remember how he enjoyed boating and water skiing with his boys, and traveling in their R.V.
Bill is survived by his wife, Phyllis; 3 sons, Thomas (Pat) of Scottsdale, Lawrence (Paulette) of Mesa, and Donald (Neta) of Garden City; 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Donald (Sue) Crane of Garden City; 3 nieces and 3 nephews. Bill was preceded in death by his parents; 2 sisters; 2 brothers; and 1 great-grandchild
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