Norman Taylor

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Golden Norman Taylor, age 76 of Santaquin, Utah passed away suddenly from heart failure on Saturday, February 1, 2014, while restoring the Taylor Family home.

He was born on June 16, 1937 in Santaquin to Golden and Lovine Brook Taylor.

He joined the U.S. Navy and honorably served his country from 1954 until 1958.

Norman married Jerri Collings. Together they raised four daughters in Orem; Kathy, Debbie, Toni and Tammy. They later divorced. He then married and divorced Sherri Tripp.

In 1988 he met and married his loving wife, Rena Mae Elder.  They enjoyed 25 years of working, camping, riding horses, four wheelers, petroglyph photography, fishing, genealogy, hunting and chipping rocks for arrowheads.

He had many talents, and was a jack of all trades.  He was proud of his hometown and enjoyed associating with the many people in Santaquin.

He is survived by his wife Rena Mae, his daughter Tammy (Brian) Longson, step-children, Vicki Williamson, Rick (Rebecca) Warenski, Mike (Maria) Warenski, and Brooke (Mike) Carter; 12 loving grand children and 16 great grand children; his sisters Gertrude Reilly, RaNae Elwood, Elizabeth (Jerry) Yates, and sister-in-law, Deanna Taylor.  He was preceded in death by a brother, Brook, four sisters, Maxine, Francis, Florence, and Beverly, a step-son, Chris Warenski, and step-son-in-law, John Williamson.

A visitation for family and friends will be held Wednesday, February 5, 2014 from 6 to 8 pm at the Brown Family Mortuary, 66 South 300 East, Santaquin.

Funeral Services will be held Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 11:00 am at the Santaquin LDS Chapel, 345 West 100 North.  Visitation will be one hour prior to services.  Interment will follow in the Santaquin City Cemetery.

The Family would like to thank all those that have shown love and compassion at this difficult time.