Robert Burton Taylor
Robert Burton Taylor
Robert Bur
t
on Taylor, hu
s
b
an
d, f
a
t
h
er, grandfat
he
r, godfather, teacher, retired Air Force Chief Master Sergeant
,
brother
,
fri
e
nd, age 81,
died on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Life Care Center of Treasure Valley in
Boise.
Born in 1930 in Mode
s
to California, the
s
on of a me
c
h
a
ni
c
and pilot,
Bob gr
e
w up w
i
th
a l
ove
fo
r pla
n
es
.
He dropped out
o
f high
sc
h
o
ol to e
n
list in
t
he
Air F
o
r
c
e,
s
er
v
i
n
g hi
s
f
i
r
s
t four
years in
K
orea and Japan
.
After retu
r
ning t
o
M
o
desto, Bob
tr
ied
to
finish h
i
g
h sc
hool .
.
.
but quickly realized s
c
hool w
as n
ot for him. He re
-
enlisted
within a month of getting out and while stationed in California met the love of
h
i
s
·
life, Vir
g
inia
Ruth G
r
over, i
n S
eptember
of 195
6
, and married her Octob
e
r 6
t
h
t
he same ye
a
r
.
A
y
ear
lat
e
r
thei
r so
n Gary
Burton was born
a
nd the year after that, their d
a
ughter Leslie Ann
.
As a
family the
y
lived in six states,
Ge
rmany and Saudi Arabia b
e
fore
retirin
g
in B
o
i
s
e and
t
he
n
Meridian
Id
aho
.
While in the Air Force Bob
served two tours in
V
ietnam and Thailand
.
During his tour in Thail
a
nd, Bob
graduated fr
o
m
h
igh s
c
ho
o
l at the age o
f 43
. After re
t
i
r
ing i
n Bo
i
se, Bo
b
g
radu
a
ted fr
o
m B
SU
with a
degree in history and edu
c
ati
o
n and began
h
is s
e
c
ond career
as a te
a
cher at Meridian Jr Hi
g
h
.
L
a
ter he mo
v
ed to the Meridian A
ca
demy whe
r
e he taught for 1
3 y
ears, mea
n
w
h
ile c
o
mple
t
ing hi
s
Masters in Ed
uca
ti
o
n at BSU. B
o
b thri
v
ed
a
t tea
c
hing and truly lo
v
ed his
students
.
He will be
g
rea
t
ly missed by
a
ll wh
o k
new
h
im
.
Bob i
s
s
u
rvived by his wife Virginia; son,
G
ary
(
C
h
eryl)
Taylor; grand
c
hildren, Megan (Jeremiah) Zahnow
,
Jennifer and Zachary Taylor
;
daughter,
Leslie Taylor, sister, Ev
e
lyn
C
offing and
si
s
ter
-
i
n
-
law, Dorothy
G
rover. Also he will be m
iss
ed b
y h
is God
c
hildre
n,
Kari
s
sa, A
s
hley and Hailee
Wood, and nieces and nephew
s
in Snoqualmie, Washington
.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00
a.m. on Monday, March 19, 2012, at Meridian United Methodist Church, 240 East
Idaho, Meridian, Idaho. Interment will follow at the Idaho State Veterans
Cemetery at 2:00 p.m., with military funeral honors by the United States Air
Force.
In lieu of flowers please make memorial
contributions to the Disabled Veterans of America, 500 W. Fort St., LRC Bldg,
VAMC, Boise, Idaho 83702.
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