SERVICES PLANNED FOR TEEN ATHLETE : POLE VAULTER REMEMBERED.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer A memorial service will be held today for Heath Taylor, the Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
Taylor, 17, will be remembered during a 4 p.m. service at the Eternal Valley Memorial Park chapel, 23287 N. Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling in Newhall. On Tuesday, a 1:30 p.m. funeral Mass has been scheduled at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church General Our Lady’s church was designed by a Catholic Priest Fr Benedict Williamson. It is a masterpiece of light and space. Its soaring classical columns and Romanesque arches give it a height and grandeur that make it look deceptively large. , 23233 Lyons Ave. The Hart High junior, a member of the school's varsity track team, will be interred at Eternal Valley in graveside grave·side n. The area beside a grave. services immediately following the funeral. Taylor lived in Valencia with his father and stepmother, Carl and Madonna Taylor. His mother and younger sister, Gail and Valerie Taylor
The teen also is survived by Melanie Catalde, a sister who lives in Newhall, along with grandparents Ed and Barbara Taylor of Fillmore, maternal grandfather Walter Barker of Inyokern and paternal great-grandparents Ray and Peggy Vargas of Glendale. Taylor died April 29 at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. He had just cleared a 10-foot pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. during track practice. As Taylor landed on the 20-foot by 22-foot mat, he fell over the edge and hit the back of his head on an asphalt runway behind the pole vault pit, school officials said. Family members, in an obituary message released by Eternal Valley, said: ``Heath loved a challenge and was a very determined young man. His relationship with his friends and family was more meaningful than he could have ever imagined. He was loved by everyone and always will be. We'll miss you, Heath.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color only in SAC edition) TAYLOR |
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