Robert Fredrick Taylor

Robert (“Bob”) F. Taylor entered into eternal rest on Saturday, December 8, 2012. He was born on September 12, 1930, in Kansas City, Missouri, to William Henry Taylor and Edna Gertrude Daniell Taylor. He was a graduate of the Paseo High School Class of 1947. Immediately after graduation he joined the United States Navy as a 3rd Class Radioman on the submarine U.S.S. Pomfret. Bob was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and was proud to learn later that he had served on the Pomfret with future United States President Jimmy Carter. After serving our country Bob was employed by the Kansas City Star and Times newspaper as a photo engraver in the camera/platemaking department where he worked until his retirement in 1995. He was recognized by the Kansas City Star as having “a remarkable eye for quality.” He was baptized into the Van Brunt Church of Christ and later became a member of the Raytown Church of Christ. Bob enjoyed summer vacations with his wife, children, family and friends. He was also an avid bowler and golfer and enjoyed square dancing with his wife in the Hicks and Chicks Club. One of his greatest pleasures was enjoying the company of his many friends and neighbors. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie Lavern Fritz Taylor and his brother, William (“Bill”) Henry Taylor. Bob is survived by his sister Jane Weatherby and her husband Ray, his daughter Deborah Kay Taylor Boyd and her husband Charles, son Daniell Kevin Taylor and his wife Doreen, two grandsons Christopher Steven Carlson and Kevin Lee Deaton, nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. There will be a private graveside service at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The family requests that no flowers be sent but that donations be made in Bob’s name to Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care.