Roland Dean Taylor Age 88 passed away at Homestead Assisted Living Center in Saint Anthony, Idaho on Monday, January 16, 2023.

Roland was born to Edward Lee and Grace Elizabeth Penman Taylor, on April 4, 1934 at the home of his grandparents in West Weber, Utah. He had 3 brothers, Clifton, Denny and Doug and one sister, JoEtta.

He grew up in Plain City, Utah, down by the creek about 2 ½ miles from town, where he had to walk to attend school. He loved spending a lot of his time in his Grandpa Taylor's shop, who was a Blacksmith by trade. He also would help him take the cows back and forth from the pasture 2 miles to be milked and was thrilled when he got to ride old Jiggs down to get them.

At the age of 15, his family moved to Declo, Idaho where he graduated high school in 1952. He earned the name "Little Rollie" by his friends in Declo, because he was always the shortest kid around.

After High School he and a friend decided to leave home. He moved to Ogden, Utah and started a job. This is where he attended church and met the love of his life, Doris Cunningham. They were married in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple on April 17, 1953. They were blessed with three girls, Karolyn, Suzanne and Marilyn.

Roland worked on the farm with his dad in the early years of his marriage. Then he worked a lot of odd jobs in farming until he heard about a job opportunity at Kraft Foods in Rupert, Idaho. He started work there in May of 1962. He worked there for over 27 years and retired December 23rd, 1989 at the age of 55. After that he and mom did a lot of road trips to see different parts of the country.

Dad had a story for everything. He loved to entertain us with his storytelling. He loved western movies, but he lived for John Wayne movies. John Wayne was his Hero. He had every kind of memorabilia you could think of. He was always so meticulous about his lawn. He spent countless hours as he always had the best looking lawn in any neighborhood he ever lived in. He loved fishing, with creek fishing as his favorite. He lived for the Utah Jazz games you did not even try talking to him when his jazz game was on. He didn't care where you took him as long as he got to go for a ride. In his younger years he loved the thrill of riding motorcycles. He had a love for adventure!

He is survived by his two daughters, Karolyn (Terry) Hodge of Saint Anthony, Idaho and Marilyn Taylor of Heyburn, Idaho, his son-in-law Gerald (Tammie) Larsen, One Sister, JoEtta (Gaylin) Patterson of View, Idaho, 9 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 18 great great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death, by his parents, three brothers, his wife, Doris, his daughter, Suzanne, his great granddaughter, Ashleigh and a son-in-law, Ed Stamper.

The family would like to thank The Homestead Assisted Living Center in Saint Anthony and amazing Staff for their kindness and loving care over the past 2 ½ years. He loved being there and making friends with everyone. Also, thank you to Homestead Home Health for taking such good care of our Dad and to the staff of Red Door Rehabilitation Services.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 12:00 PM at the Saint Anthony Stake Center, located at 247 East 4th North. The family will receive friends from 10:30 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. at the Stake Center. Burial will be in the Wilford Cemetery under the direction of Bert Flamm Mortuary.

Funeral services will be live-streamed and may be viewed here: https://youtu.be/RsTEcerkKzQ