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Oscar Taylor
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Oscar 'Bud' Taylor, 86 SUN CITY WEST - Oscar "Bud" Taylor passed peacefully surrounded by his loving family at Stanford Hospital on Sunday, June 13, 2010 at the age of 86. He was born on March 13, 1924 in Newark, New Jersey. Raised in New York during his early life, he entered the service during World War II and served in Persia as a flight engineer in the Army. When he returned to the states he met his life partner Gladys Soroka. After they married in June 1948, they followed her parents to California and settled in San Francisco. They had three sons, Scott, Rick and Ken. Over the course of his lifetime, he founded and operated many businesses including Taylor Sales, Inc. and LCO Enterprises. He grew Taylor Sales into a very successful family business that distributed candy and cookies throughout Northern California. That company evolved into LCO Enterprises and the forerunner to a very large transportation and distribution company known as GSC Logistics. After retiring in the early 1990's, Bud and Gladys enjoyed living in Sun City West, Ariz., during the winter and Los Altos, Calif., during the summer months. He was very active in Arizona in many different senior activities. He became a self-taught computer guru, investment maven, and "semi-professional" poker player. They lived a very full life together until Gladys passed away in October 2008. He continued a very active life style and lived life to its fullest. He is survived by his three sons, Scott Elliot, Richard Alan, and Kenneth Wayne and their wives, Carol, Scherri, and Linda. He adored his five "wonderful" grandchildren, Brandon, Justin and his wife Veronica, Kimberle, and Nicholas. He also had the pleasure of being great-grandfather to Nathan. In addition, he will be greatly missed by his nephews and nieces, Mike Mason, Steve and Kathy Mason, and Toni and Craig Horn. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, June 15 at 2 p.m. at Hills of Eternity Memorial Chapel, 1301 El Camino Real, Colma, CA 94014. In lieu of flowers, donations to remember Bud can be made to Temple Beth Jacob in Redwood City or the American Heart Association.
