Pete Taylor

Funeral services with full military honors for (Ret) SSG Peter R. Taylor, 56, of Killeen, will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 11, 2011 at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen. A time of visitation will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will follow at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.

Mr. Taylor passed away Friday, July 8, 2011 at his home.

Peter Ronald Taylor was born September 18, 1954 in Montreal, Canada to Herbert Ronald and Mary Lorna (McFarland) Taylor.

He retired from the US Army after more than 20 years of service. He recently worked for DynCorp from 1996 to 2005 and was a member of the DAV.

Peter was preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by his wife, Dianna Taylor of Killeen; a daughter and her husband, Leigh and Ryan Bird of Sublette, Kansas; a sister and her husband, Heather and Dwight Medina of Roy, WA; and a grandson, Kyler Bird of Kansas, cousins Sharon Lynch of San Antonio, Gael Lynch and Patricia Leonard both of Canada.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 2433 Ridgepoint Drive, Suite B, Austin, TX 78754, or www.cancer.org

Words of comfort may be shared at www.crawfordbowersfuneralhome.com

Arrangements under the direction of Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home, Killeen, TX.