Paul David Taylor

Topeka – No public services are planned for Paul David Taylor, 75, Topeka. He was cremated.Mr. Taylor died Saturday, April 15, 2006.He was born Aug. 12, 1930, in Topeka, the son of Paul E. Sr. and Leila Rogan Taylor. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1947 and Kansas University in 1957 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.Mr. Taylor served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps and worked as an engineer for Burgwin and Martin and later for Cook, Flatt and Strobel. He retired in 1994. He was a member of the Kansas Society of Engineers, Topeka Scottish Rite Bodies, Arab Shrine Temple, Siloam Lodge No. 225, the Shawnee Country Club and the KU Alumni Association.He married Kathleen Martin Reeve in 1958. She survives, of the home.Other survivors include his stepdaughter, Candace Reeve, Lawrence; his stepson, Doug Reeve; and his stepbrother, Paul E. Taylor Jr.The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society, sent in care of the Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel, 1321 S.W. 10th St., Topeka 66604.