Lester W. Taylor

IN WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. HIS FORMATIVE YEARS WERE SPENT IN THE DETROIT AND

ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN AREAS. AROUND AGE 14 THE FAMILY MOVED TO PACIFIC

PALISADES , CALIFORNIA WHERE HE ATTENDED BLACK FOX HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER

SERVING TWO YEARS IN THE ARMED FORCES LES CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR’S

DEGREE IN BUSINESS. IN HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE HE WAS A STOCK BROKER FOR OVER

FIFTY YEARS, MOST RECENTLY WITH UBS.

ON MARCH 19, LES PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY, SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE BARBARA; HIS SISTER AND HER HUSBAND NANCY AND BILL

SANDT AND THEIR CHILDREN ERIC, PAUL AND LESLIE. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY FIVE STEP

CHILDREN AND FOURTEEN STEP GRANDCHILDREN. WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM FOR

HIS KIND AND GENTLE SPIRIT, HIS SENSE OF HUMOR AND THE TWINKLE IN HIS EYE.

A CELEBRATION OF LES’ LIFE WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 AT 10:00 AM, AT

PACIFIC VIEW MEMORIAL PARK, 3500 PACIFIC VIEW DRIVE, CORONA DEL MAR, CA 92625.

FOR DIRECTIONS CALL 644-2700, OR ACCESS THEIR WEBSITE WWW.PACIFICVIEWCALIFORNIA.COM

AND IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER CLICK ON LES ’ NAME.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS CAN BE MADE IN LESTER TAYLOR’S NAME TO MISSION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, 27700 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE, MISSION VIEJO, CA, 92692