Donald Paul Taylor

Donald Taylor Obituary

Donald Taylor

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Published by KXLY on Jan. 11, 2025.

Memories and Condolences
for Donald Taylor

6 Entries

Michael&Dee Larkin

January 26, 2025

This Sunday morning the telephone rang and we both looked at each other and said "Taylor."
Don and my husband would call each other every Sunday especially during football season.
My husband, Michael, was Don's teacher while he was living in Philadelphia. He was older than Michael by a good nine years but they hit it off right from the start. We kept in touch during Don's various moves such as San Francisco with his beloved sister, Shirley, back out to Montana then again to Spokane Washington.
While in Montana he would attend Cowboy Poetry readings so I painted him a picture of a cowboy's silhouette leaning against a tree. Don really like it and hung it on his wall. He also requested photos of our dogs in which he would post on his refrigerator.
We loved him dearly and he will be sorely missed especially those Sunday conversations.

Sharon Lockyer

January 14, 2025

Don and I were first cousins through our mothers. We spent a lot of time together in our childhood and the memories of those days will always be with me. As we grew into adulthood, we did drift apart for a few years but then managed to reconnect. You were there for me with support when my first husband died and again when my son died. We did manage to see each other a few times over the last several years when I would visit Washington. I will miss our weekly phone calls and the deep conversations we had as well as the joking that took place during these calls. At least you are no longer suffering and that gives me peace. Rest in Peace my dear cousin. You will not be forgotten.

Juanita Murray

January 13, 2025

Don and I are first cousins. We had the opportunity to visit often the last several years. My two oldest daughters visited him several times as well. He cared about them and would ask me how the "brats" were doing. :) The oldest is a teacher in Korea and he would check the weather there often to see what her day might include. The other daughter is a teacher in Spokane and they would share "jabs" at each other. I think he really liked their verbal teasing. Fortunately the daughter in Spokane got to see him a day or so before Christmas. I will miss our visits. He was a good person

Juanita Murray

January 13, 2025

I am Don's cousin Juanita. We had many opportunities to talk and check up on one another. My two oldest daughters also visited him and he would always ask me how the "brats" were doing. They knew he cared about them and appreciated them visiting. One of my girls is a teacher in Korea and he told me he always checked the weather there to see what she was experiencing. The other daughter is a teacher in Spokane and fortunately she went with me at Christmas to see him. She loved to "give back" any fun jabs he gave. I will miss him.

Ray Taylor

January 11, 2025

Don and I are first cousins, his dad Paul and my dad Virgil are brothers. Don and I are both the oldest in our families, consequently we have had contact with each other all our lives. Over the last few years, my sister and I have had many opportunities to visit Don.
Fortunately, my son and I were able to visit the day before he passed. We were saddened to learn of his passing on January 1st but had the opportunity to pay our last respects to Don.
Happy to have had some time with him these past years, and to know that he is in a better place.

Jo Ann Baker

January 11, 2025

We got reacquainted when I sent a condolence card to him after Shirley´s death. He loved his sister so much as well as his dear grandmother, Emma.
I would consider him one of my very best friends. We had many talks about things in our past that he could not articulate or share at the time that led to very painful times. We, my husband and I, even got to visit a few times in person. Those times are treasured.
He was crusty but so soft hearted. I got him a couple of stuffed animals to sit on the bed with him.....he kept giving them away to his caregivers who had small kids. The last one he named Fred.......Don had a love/hate relationship with Wordle. He would text me the results. He loved his 49ers. He loved getting pictures of our family and flowers and beautiful scenery around where we live. He loved the visits of his cousins and those folks who lived around him.
He was able to maintain his good humor in spite of the fact that his body was failing him. He seldom complained. He wanted to be in his home when he passed and he got his wish. I will miss him dearly. May God rest his soul. Jo Ann Baker

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