Donald Leon Taylor

Background

Taylor, Donald Leon was born on April 12, 1938 in Omaha. Son of Orvia N. and Viola E. (Niemann) Taylor.

Education

Associate of Arts, St. John's Junior College, 1958; Bachelor, Concordia Senior College, 1960; Master of Divinity., Concordia Seminary, 1964.

Career

Vicar, Zion Lutheran Church, Omaha, summer 1961; vicar, St. Andrew/Redeemer Lutheran Church, Detroit, summer 1962; vicar, Trinity Lutheran Church, Waconia, Minnesota, 1962-1963; minister, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Clements, Minnesota, 1964-1966; minister, Trinity Lutheran Church, Sanborn, Minnesota, 1964-1966; minister, Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, San Antonio, 1966-1972; minister, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Watertown, Minnesota, 1972-1985; interim pastor, Christ Lutheran Church, Shakopee, Minnesota, since 1991. Assistant to president Minnesota South District Social Ministry and Ministerial Health, Burnsville, since 1985. Active Minnesota South District Convention, 1980, chairman education flr. committee, since 1982.

Board of Governors Lutheran Counseling and Family Svc., Minneapolis, since 1990. Visitation pastor Bexar County Hospital for Mental Health, SanAntonio, 1967-1971. Member adult education advisory board Watertown-Mayer Public Sch.Dist.

111, 1974-1985; member Carver County Rural Families Task Force, Waconia, 1984-1988. Chairman, board directors Lutheran High School, Mayer, Minnesota, 1980-1982, others.

Achievements

• Donald Leon Taylor has been listed as a noteworthy Minister by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Judge speech contest District Future Farmers American, Watertown, 1975-1983. Volunteer chaplaincy steering committee Waconia Ridgeview Hospital, 1978-1980. Chemical dependency resource person Carver County, 1979-1985.

Volunteer chaplain Carver County Sheriff's patrol, 1980-1983.

Connections

Married LaVona M. Knehans, August 13, 1966. Children: Terri Lynn Taylor Bentz, Tom Donald, Todd Allen.

Father:

Orvia N. Taylor

Mother:

Viola E. (Niemann) Taylor

Spouse:

LaVona M. Knehans

child:

Terri Lynn Taylor Bentz Taylor

child:

Todd Allen Taylor

child:

Tom Donald Taylor