Dale W Taylor

Dale W Taylor obituary

Dale W Taylor

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Dale Taylor Obituary

Published by Legacy on Nov. 26, 2025.
Dale Wayne Taylor was born July 19, 1959 in Horton, Kansas to Clyde Robert and Dorothy Alvina Taylor. He left this life on November 24, 2025, at the age of 66 years old.

Dale loved the outdoors, he loved to fish and hunt. Dale wasn't one to conform, he wanted thing on his terms. He quit school at the age of 17 to enter the working world in Junction City, living with family and friends while working for Mid America Movers and other moving companies. He met his first wife, Sue, and shortly after they moved to Florida to learn carpentry with Environmental Homes, a family-owned company. A few years later, he moved back to Chapman, Kansas. He struggled with his vices, got divorced and found his way back to Florida. It was then that he met his wife, Colleen, who survives him. After several years he began driving trucks, moving to Provo, Utah, until coming back to Kansas in 2004, where he lived until the end of his life.

Dale truly missed Kansas. He was aided by his brother buying property and was able to build a home in the country North of Chapman, Kansas next to Milford Lake, a place he loved. He fulfilled his dream of having a home in the country and was joined by other family members: his dad and step mother, who proceeded him in death; his sister, Laronda Smith, and her husband Vance; his brother Val and wife Becky. Dale is also survived by his sister, Stacy Campbell, and his step brother, Mike Post. His oldest sister, Clydene Rauch, also preceded him in death. Others left to honor the memory of Dale are his nephews and nieces, their children and many cousins, and we cannot forget his beloved pups, Jesse and Buddy, whom he dearly loved.

Dale loved to fish and hunt, the family would like to think of him off doing what he lived to do, catching big fish and chasing deer.

Isaiah 40:31 says," But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

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Upcoming Events

Dec

8

Visitation

4:00 p.m.

Londeen Overlease Funeral Chapel

206 W. 5th Street, KS 67431

Send Flowers

Dec

8

Service

5:00 p.m.

Londeen-Overlease Funeral Chapel

206 W. 5th St, KS 67431

Send Flowers