Obituary: Ron Taylor

6th November 2017

Ron Taylor was the former Headteacher of St Patrick’s School in Rheindahlen. He died after a long battle with cancer which he endured with great optimism and positivity.

Ron attended Brighton Teacher Training College in 1969 and began teaching in Leeds. In 1974 he gained a place with BFES in Germany at Lincoln School in Münster and remained teaching in BFES/SCS/SCE for thirty years, finally retiring in 2004. Ron and Jane moved to Dorset and after a brief period of supply teaching he settled into the community enjoying tennis, bridge, sailing, Caribbean holidays and the delights of coastal Dorset.