William Victor Taylor

Mr. Taylor died Saturday, June 5, 2004, in Topeka.

He was born Sept. 20, 1938, in New York, and was raised by foster parents in Salem, Ore. He graduated from high school in Salem and attended the University of Oregon. He lived in Lawrence for 27 years and in Topeka for the past 10 years.

Mr. Taylor was a gunnery sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He worked for Douglas County and later Johnson County before he retired. He was a member of Acacia Lodge 9 A.F. & A.M .and the Scottish Rite bodies, both in Lawrence.

He married Carol Davenport on Feb. 2, 1967, in Baldwin. They divorced. He married Cindy Winter on Dec. 16, 1995. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include a son, Michael, Lawrence; two stepdaughters, Elizabeth White and Jolene Granger, both of Topeka; a stepson, George Winter, Topeka; two grandsons; and a stepgranddaughter.

The family suggests memorials to Heart of America Hospice, 3715 S.W. 29th St., Topeka 66614.

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