Donald Taylor

DONALD TAYLOR WAS BORN IN DEKALB, ILLINOIS 71 YEARS AGO. HE PASSED AWAY IN MESA, ARIZONA ON 2/28/2023. PRIOR TO MARRIAGE, HE WAS A FUN, WILD MAN AND IF YOU KNEW HIM THEN, I’M SURE YOU HAVE A MEMORABLE STORY OF HIM IN YOUR MIND. HE MET HIS WIFE, JANICE (AND LIED ABOUT HIS AGE TO SEEM OLDER). THEY HAD 2 SONS, BRIAN & JASON. THROUGH THE YEARS THEY LOVED TO TRAVEL FROM THE EAST COAST OF CAPE COD TO ARCHES NATIONAL PARK IN UTAH AND SO MANY OTHERS IN BETWEEN.

HE STARTED AN EXCAVATING BUSINESS IN SYCAMORE, WHICH LASTED 40+ YEARS. WHEN HE RETIRED, HE PICKED UP GOLFING AND GOT A HOLE IN ONE. THROUGH HIS LIFE HE HAD A LOVE FOR OLD CARS. HE LOVED BUILDING THEM WITH HIS SISTER LORI DIDIO’S HUSBAND JERRY AND THEIR SON ANDY. HE BUILT A 34 CHEVY COUPE WITH A RUMBLE SEAT. IN RETIREMENT HE GOT A NEW CORVETTE (WHICH I BELIEVE WAS HIS FAVORITE STYLE CAR) AND DROVE THE COUNTRY CRUISING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

SURVIVING FAMILY IS HIS WIFE, JANICE, SON BRIAN (SARAH) AND THEIR CHILDREN BRYNN AND RYESE, AND SON JASON (MEHGAN) AND THEIR CHILDREN AUBREY, ABRAM AND ARLO. SISTER LORI (JERRY), NEPHEW ANDY (CRYSTAL).

PRECEDED BY PARENTS, DON & LORRAINE TAYLOR, BROTHER NATHAN, AND IN-LAWS HENRY & OLGA NEWKIRK.

MY FATHER WAS AN AMAZING MAN WHO MADE SO MANY LIVES MORE FUN AND WOULD HELP

ANYONE IN NEED. WE LOVE YOU AND CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. (JASON)

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