OKLAHOMA CITY

Taylor, Julian Steward Jr.: 93, Taylor Valve founder and chief executive officer, died Dec. 7. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Mercer-Adams, Bethany).

Published in The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Wednesday, December 9, 2020, Page A14.

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OKLAHOMA CITY

Taylor, Julian Steward Jr.: 93, Taylor Valve founder and chief executive officer, died Dec. 7. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Little Flower Church and will be live-streamed and available to watch at www.mercer-adams.com(Mercer-Adams, Bethany).

Published in The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Thursday, December 10, 2020, Page A13.

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Julian Steward Taylor, 93, died on December 7, 2020. He was born on October 9, 1927 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Mr. and Mrs. Julian and Lauretta (Heim) Taylor. In his youth, he supported himself by selling newspapers and would often reward himself with his favorite treat of hot fudge sundaes. By his young adulthood, he would regularly test the limits of his mortality by riding motorcycles, jumping a drawbridge in his car, flying an airplane, and learning how to parachute on his own. He would later serve in the Navy as a Radar Specialist. After the war, he enrolled into Purdue University where he would earn his Major in Physics and Master's Degree in Engineering. His talents as an engineer landed him a position as a head engineer for his innovations in railroad cutting. He would then use his talents to start Taylor Tools, a trailblazing entity for valves in the oil and gas industry, that eventually gave rise to Rupture Pin Technology, Taylor Vaetrix, and businesses in several locations. His innovative ideas would cumulatively earn him over 100+ patents as he was lauded as one of Oklahoma's most important inventors. Even in his advanced age he always maintained his adventurous spirit through motorcycle tours to Alaska, Nova Scotia, and Baja California, skydiving, hang gilding, racing sports cars, and traveling the world. At the end of his days he never stopped working on new ideas and nourishing that inventive spirit in others through his Oklahoma Children's Inventors program now in its 30th year.

Preceded in death by his parents, his younger brother Wesley Taylor, his first wife Myrtle Isabella Taylor and his child Joseph Taylor. He is survived by his devoted and loving wife Evelyn Viliran Taylor, his sister Mary Kathryn Bailey; his seven children Julian Steven Taylor, Christopher Nerin Taylor, Jeffrey Kirk Taylor, Anthony V Taylor, Maria Lauretta Taylor, Paul Victor Taylor, and Gregory Steward Taylor; his grandchildren Alexander, Avalynn, Andrew, Aidan, Dorian, Constantine, Lincoln, Henry, Lucy, Brandy, Joshua, Christofer, Cathryn, Shelbie, Colette, and Matthew.

Viewing for the public will be Thursday, 3-9pm at Mercer-Adams.

Services for family only will be Friday, December 11, 10:00am at Little Flower Church with interment in Resurrection Memorial Cemetery.

The service will be live-streamed and may be viewed on his obituary page.

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