Janice Mardelle Taylor, formerly of Winona Lake, passed away at 2 a.m. Thursday, March 15, 2018, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Wakarusa, at the age of 83.
She was born Oct. 22, 1934, in West Unity, Ohio, to Earnest Seymour Bowers and Thelma Lenore Stantz Bowers. On Aug. 22, 1953, she was married in Montpelier, Ohio, to Richard Lee Taylor. They shared 59 years of marriage together before he passed away on Sept. 22, 2012.
She had been a longtime resident of Kosciusko County, living in Winona Lake before moving to Wakarusa in 2015. She was a homemaker and a member of Warsaw Wesleyan Church.
She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be dearly missed by her family and many friends.
She will be lovingly remembered by her two daughters, Cinda Jan (husband Michael) Chase, Burlington, Ky., and Minda Sue (husband Tom) Davenport, Fla.; and her son, David R. (wife Jodi) Taylor, Wakarusa. She also leaves behind her son-in-law, Clinton Olson, North Webster; 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Linda Joy Olson, in January 2015; one granddaughter, Leslie Taylor; and three brothers: Lowell, Eugene and Norman Bowers.
A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday, March 19 at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw, and officiated by Pastor Jarod Osborne. Burial will take place at a later date at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
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Memorials to Warsaw Wesleyan Church, 2402 Old Road 30 West, Warsaw, IN 46580.
Condolences may be sent at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.
