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Jan. 28, 1936-Dec. 6, 2020
Alan Taylor, 84, Garris-on, died on Sunday, De-
cember 6, 2020 at a
Garrison care center.
Family memorial services
will be held on Saturday
at 1:00 pm at St. Paul
Lutheran Church in
Garrison. A public visita-
tion will be held on Satur-
day from 9 to noon at
Thompson Funeral Home
in Garrison.
Alan Charles Taylor
was born January 28th,
1936 to Charles and Ruth
(Vogel) Taylor in
Cohasset, MN. He was
raised in Grand Rapids,
MN where he completed
his freshman year of high
school before moving to
Devils Lake, ND in 1952
to finish his schooling.
There, his family owned
the local Coast-to-Coast
store in which Alan
worked. He graduated
from Devils Lake High
School in 1954 and made
1st Team All-State in
basketball.
Alan continued his edu-
cation at Jamestown Col-
lege where he played
basketball and graduated
with honors in 1958. He
then received his Master's
Degree in Education at the
University of North Dako-
ta in 1964.
Alan's love for teaching
and coaching led to a re-
warding life pursuing the
things he loved. His ac-
complishments in educa-
tion and coaching foot-
ball, basketball and track
developed an impressive
resume that many knew
him for. More important-
ly, his friends and family
remember him as a man
filled with life and youth
and he put a majority of
that life and youth into
his family. He was ex-
tremely proud of his chil-
dren and grandchildren
and was not shy about
sharing his pride. In re-
turn, his children and
grandchildren adored and
respected him very much.
Their love for him was
really more than can be
put into words. Alan en-
joyed being outdoors,
hunting and fishing in
North Dakota and Canada
and also enjoyed a good
competitive card game
with family and friends at
the Minot Moose Club.
To say Alan was a
sports fan would be an
understatement. His love
for the Vikings, Twins,
and Timberwolves was
often displayed in the
many conversations he
had with people he knew
or strangers he would
meet in passing.
Alan is survived by: his
wife Doris (Lindquist)
Taylor; children Stacey
(Jim) Broecker, Lakeville,
MN; Brad (Robin) Taylor,
Chisago City, MN; Kelly
(John) Hoffner, Blaine,
MN Lora (Chris) Bennett,
Madison, WI; stepchil-
dren Sheila (Mark) Guy,
Minot, ND; Gina (Robert)
Lock, Minot, ND; Troy
(Lisa) Lindquist, Great
Falls, MT; Scott (Nang)
Lindquist, Denver, CO; 21
grandchildren, 11
great-grandchildren, and
sister Eileen Ojakangas,
Davis, CA.
He was preceded in
death by: his parents and
his first wife, Marjolaine
"Mimi" (Tweten) Taylor.