Dale Buthene Taylor's Obituary
Dale Buthene Taylor, 95 of Mannford, Ok died on October 4, 2021, in Tulsa.
Dale was born December 18, 1925, in Stillwater, Ok to James and Ida Taylor.
Dale graduated from Perkins High School, where he also drove a school bus at age 16.
In 1947 at 22, he joined the Air Force (World War II) he was discharged in December 1949. He then went on to work for McDonald Douglas where he was a B-47 Flight Inspector. He later enjoyed working at Gatesway Foundation in Broken Arrow, for people with intellectual disabilities. In the evenings he worked his janitorial business for several years. He enjoyed fishing, camping, and traveling.
Dale was preceded in death by his parents, Jim and Ida Taylor, sister, Norma Morgan, brother, Oney Taylor, and daughter, Janet Rene’ Taylor.
He is survived by his daughter, Becky Harris, and her husband Vic. And son, Gary Coday, and his wife Donna, and previous wife, Cleo Taylor, and brother, Wayne Taylor and wife Lois.
Dale had 7 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
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