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Douglas Leslie Taylor

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Douglas Leslie Taylor

Birth
Death
29 Jan 2021 (aged 69)
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec-I Lot-31 Space-01
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He was a beloved son, husband and father, a man of great integrity and loyalty, and a lifelong lover of cars and racing. He overcame metastatic melanoma, a broken neck and leg, and endured the death of his wife. When asked before he died about what wisdom he would want to pass to future generations, he shared the following: "Be resilient...The point you may be at is kind of crappy, but if you work at it, you can make things better."


Preceded by:

Wife of 42 years: Nancy

Mother: Mildred


Survivors are:

Daughter: Lauren (Ryan) Edwards

Granddaughter: Sylvie

Father: Vance Taylor

Brother: Dean Taylor

Nephews: Garrett and Craig.


Westlawn Hillcrest Funeral Home

Published by Omaha World-Herald on Feb. 3, 2021

He was a beloved son, husband and father, a man of great integrity and loyalty, and a lifelong lover of cars and racing. He overcame metastatic melanoma, a broken neck and leg, and endured the death of his wife. When asked before he died about what wisdom he would want to pass to future generations, he shared the following: "Be resilient...The point you may be at is kind of crappy, but if you work at it, you can make things better."


Preceded by:

Wife of 42 years: Nancy

Mother: Mildred


Survivors are:

Daughter: Lauren (Ryan) Edwards

Granddaughter: Sylvie

Father: Vance Taylor

Brother: Dean Taylor

Nephews: Garrett and Craig.


Westlawn Hillcrest Funeral Home

Published by Omaha World-Herald on Feb. 3, 2021



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