Obituaries

Wes Harberts

1974-2008

A celebration of Skydive Tahoe co-owner Wes Harberts' life was Saturday at his hangar at Minden-Tahoe Airport. Mr. Harberts died March 23, 2008, when his parachute malfunctioned.

Born Oct. 28, 1974, to Steve and Pat Harberts, he was remembered as an inspiration to other skydivers. He held many professional ratings and licenses and was a videographer for national skydiving teams, tandem master, AFF instructor, professional canopy pilot, and a member of the Red Bull Team.

He and Aja Niemann opened Skydive Tahoe at the Minden-Tahoe Airport in June 2007, a project that took four years to complete.

Mr. Harberts was an avid outdoorsman, who fished, hunted, skied, snowboarded and engaged in several other outdoors activities.

He is survived by his parents; a sister; a niece; family and friends and his partner.

William Robert

Taylor

1926-2008

A memorial service is 1 p.m. Monday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Spruce Avenue in South Lake Tahoe for Fish Springs resident William Robert Taylor, 81, who died March 24, 2008.

Born Aug. 26, 1926, in La Grande, Ore., to William and Florence Taylor, he served in the Army Air Corps, where he went to gunnery training for a B-29 Superfortress during World War II.

He came to South Lake Tahoe in December 1970 to work as sales manager of Kaiser-Aetna.

He helped to develop the Tahoe-Verde Mobile Home Park. He ran for city councilman during this time.

After resigning from Kaiser, he opened Aspen Mobile Homes with his brother, Jiggs. In 1978, he opened Taylor Mobile Homes in Carson City, which he owned until his retirement in 1987.

He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He lived in Fish Springs for three years before his death.

He is survived by children Bob, Sue, Ken and Bill; brothers and sisters Mary, Barbara, Morris, Pat, Jack, Susie and Tom.

A viewing will precede the service from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with graveside dedication to follow the memorial service.

Donations may be made to the Jesse High Fund, Renown Medical Foundation, 1300 Mill St., Reno, NV, 89502.