Jane Taylor

(From Clark Funeral Home)

Jane Ann Taylor was born Feb. 9, 1956, in Leavenworth, Kansas, the daughter of Eldon Eugene and Wilma Jane (Gilman) Allen. She entered into rest on July 21, 2022, in Joplin, Missouri, following a two-vehicle accident at the age of sixty-six. 

Jane graduated from Leavenworth, Kansas High School in 1974 and continued her education at the School of the Ozarks, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in biology. She continued her education at the University of Arkansas where she earned a master's degree in plant physiology. 

Jane worked for the U.S. Postal Service in the Granby, Missouri office as a rural letter carrier, retiring in 2016. She was a member of the Merrymaker’s FCE Extension Club, Willing Worker’s Extension Club, Newtonia Battlefield Quilters Day Guild, and the Missouri Rural Letter Carriers Association. 

She enjoyed quilting, doing Sudoku puzzles, and loved animals and plants. She was known for her cooking and baking and loved sharing that with family and friends. She put her heart and soul in all she did and will be missed by all who knew her. Jane was a member of the Jones Chapel Church. 

On June 28, 1980, in Walnut Shade, Missouri, Jane and Richard Taylor were united in marriage and he survives of the home. 

In addition to her husband, Jane is survived by three children, Hannah Christian and husband, Tony of Maryville, Missouri, Robert Taylor and wife, Jennifer of Granby, Missouri and Abigail Smith and husband, Elijah of Helena, Montana; eight grandchildren, Brendan, Karah, Ada, Glennah, Cora, Gideon, Ruben and Joel; two brothers, Paul Allen and wife, Kim and Ernie Allen and wife, Cheri. 

She is preceded in death by her parents. 

Services are planned for Friday, July 29, 2022, at 10 am at the Clark Funeral Home, Granby, Missouri, Pastor Michael Blewitt will officiate. Interment will follow in the Dice Cemetery, Fairview, Missouri, and nephews will serve as pallbearers. 

Friends may call at the Clark Funeral Home, Granby on Thursday from 9 am until 7 pm and the family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7 pm at the funeral home. 

Contributions in memory of Jane may be made to Faithful Friends, c/o Clark Funeral Home, PO Box 26; Granby, Missouri 64844.