Robert was born on March 31, 1953 in Boston, the son of the late Stillman and Helen (Yorke) Taylor. He graduated from Rindge Technical School in Cambridge and has been a resident of Norwood for twenty years.
Mr. Taylor served in the United States Air Force in the 1970s. He worked as an electrician for the Veterans’ Hospital for thirty-five years until his retirement in 2012. After his initial cancer diagnosis in 2011, Bob started a cancer support group for employees at the Veterans’ Administration Hospital.
He is survived by his wife of twenty-eight years, Sandra E. (Zapatka) Taylor; three children, Adam Taylor and his fiancée Meredith Byers of Norwood, Jeremy Taylor and his wife Ritika of Redding, CA, Virginia Telesha and her husband Tom of Albuquerque, New Mexico; three brothers, Wayne Taylor of Florida, Gary Taylor of Billerica, Kevin Taylor of Rockport, ME; his sister-in-law, Susan Zapatka of Norwood; brother-in-law, Henry Zapatka of CT; mother-in-law, Regina Zapatka of CT; six grandchildren, Kayla and Christian Taylor of Houston, TX, Colton, Nicholas, Cameron and Dylan Telesha of New Mexico. He was predeceased by his brother, Brian Taylor, in 2008.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 11:00 am at the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole Street (Rte 1A), Norwood. Calling hours will be held on Saturday from 9:00 to 11:00 am, prior to the service at the funeral home.
Burial will be private.
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