Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....TAYLOR, Robert March 22 1992
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Las Vegas Review Journal - 3/27/1992


SERVICES SCHEDULED SATURDAY FOR FOUNDING FIREFIGHTER ROBERT TAYLOR

    Services will be Saturday for Robert Burns TAYLOR, a cowboy and one of 

the original Clark County firefighters, who died Sunday.  He was 70.

    TAYLOR was a member of two four-man crews that started the county fire 

department, along with a fire chief, in 1953.

    "I know him because my grandfather was the fire chief at the time and 

TAYLOR was the captain of the B Platoon," said Capt. Bill TRELEASE.  "After 

he served as captain for a few years he started the training division and he 

was the first training officer."

    TAYLOR also worked as a battalion chief before he retired as assistant 

chief.

    "He (TAYLOR) was the first fiefighter Chief TRELEASE hired.  He was 

hired on as captain.  They worked with volunteers until they got more paid 

firefighters." said Capt. Roy WALCH, who has been with the fire department 

for 35 years.

    "He was my first captain on B Platoon when I was hired in 1956."

    WALCH said TAYLOR was an excellent captain and also was a cowboy who 

worked with youngsters on his days off.

    TAYLOR organized the Sunrise Riders Family Rodeo Club and the Boots and 

Britches Rodeo Association for Children.

    "He worked with a lot of kids and he taught a lot of them how to ride 

and rope.  He was good guy; always willing to help whoever needed it."

    "He was also a good cook.  He did a lot of cooking for the Sunrise Rider 

club," WALCH said.

    After 23 years of service with the fire department, TAYLOR moved to 

Alamo where he tended cattle on his ranch, about 100 miles north of Las 

Vegas.

    TAYLOR was born June 25, 1921, in Nebraska.  During World War II he 

served with the Marine Corps.  He moved to Las Vegas in 1949.

    After retirement, TAYLOR tried his hand at politics in 1972, running for 

the state Assembly.  He was not elected.

    He is survived by [omitted]

    Memorial Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of 

Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ward Chapel in Alamo.

    The family requests donations be made to St. Jude's Ranch.











Additional Comments:
There is a picture of Mr. Taylor in the original article

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