OT, Keith Taylor

[Don Coatney]

I am sorry to announce the passing of Keith Taylor a past forum member. Keith was active on the older forum and I recall many informative postings that he made. His son and good friend (John Teee) who is active on this forum sent me the following information today.

Don,

I wanted to let you know that my dad passed away Friday night, at the

hospital, in San Pedro, CA. He was diagnosed with stage four cancer

two months ago. With chemo, his doctor was hoping he could have up to

eighteen months to live. He went into the hospital Wednesday night

with, what turned out to be, a system wide infection. He went into

septic shock during the night Thursday. I have to tell you that I was

dreading the upcoming year and the gradual slide downhill. He had a

bad last 24 hours, but I think it was better than the long run would

have been.

I'm including his obit below. Feel free to post something on P15-D24.

John

Gerald Keith Taylor

Keith passed away Friday evening, February 17, 2012, at the age of 82.

Keith was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, friend and mentor to

many. He was also a pillar of Community Christian Church of Rancho

Palos Verdes. He developed complications from cancer, which had been

diagnosed just two months ago.

Keith was born to fly. He got his pilot’s license at the age of 17 and

served 20 years as a pilot in the Air Force. He was awarded many

medals, including the Distinguished Flying Cross. After retiring from

the military he continued flying as a Sabreliner Production Test Pilot

and worked as a Project Engineer on the B-1 Program with Rockwell

International, retiring after a second career of 15 years. He logged

over 6,000 hours in the Sabreliner and logged a total of over 15,000

flying hours.

After retiring, Keith continued to fly as a private pilot in his

Beechcraft Bonanza, with his last flight logged on December 24, 2011.

He and his wife enjoyed spending time with their family, the great

outdoors, multiple extended canoeing trips, Geocaching (Cluso) and

traveling around the world.

Keith is survived by his wife (Betty) and three sons, John (Jody)

Taylor, Jerry (Cheryl) Taylor and Paul Taylor, and four grandchildren.

A private burial is planned. The family invites friends and relatives

to a memorial at 1:00 PM on Friday, February 24, 2012 at Community

Christian Church of RPV (1903 Summerland St., Rancho Palos Verdes). In

lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider a contribution to

Community Christian Church, or Providence Little Company of Mary

Medical Center San Pedro.

[Young Ed]

Don thanks for posting. Shouldn't have been OT to me. John you and your family will be in our thoughts.

[BobT-47P15]

Thanks for posting Don.

I sent John and his family an e-mail.

Both John and his father had black 47 Plymouth convertibles.

They are in our prayers.