Jayne Radigan Taylor, 78

Jayne Radigan Taylor, 78, retired teacher, passed away April 28, 2008, at her home in Bigfork. She was born March 7, 1930, in Great Falls, to Bruce and Florence (Fenn) Radigan.

Jayne graduated from Great Falls High School in 1948 and the University of Montana, Missoula, in 1952. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and Tanan-of-Spur.

While teaching in Honolulu, she met George Taylor, and they were married in Great Falls on Sept. 5, 1953, at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation.

Jayne taught at the Honolulu Business College in Honolulu, the Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio, and substituted 10 years in the Bigfork school system. She studied music, art, French, Spanish and Dutch, and lived in Europe for seven years, but her love of Montana always brought her back home.

Jayne participated in many community and charitable organizations throughout her life, including the Board of the Art and Cultural Center of Bigfork, the Board of the Literary Volunteers of America, AAUW, and the American Women's Club of the Hague. She was soil conservation supervisor for Lake County, and cherished her volunteer work with the deaf and blind in Great Falls and Fresno, Calif.

Jayne was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and her sister and brother-in-law, BruceAnn and Frank Flynn.

She leaves behind her three beloved daughters and families, BruceAnn, Tom, Colleen and Bruce Culbertson of Spokane, Jessie Taylor, Barry Mays, and Aaron and Colin TaylorMays of Eugene, Ore., and Lisa, Chris, Quinn and Riley Lawrence of O'Fallon, Ill.; a sister-in-law, Jessie Orr; two nieces, Jayne McManus and Francis Van Dalson; as well as four nephews, Bruce and Michael Flynn and Harry and George Orr.

Memorial services for Jayne will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, in the St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, 30631 Montana 209, in Ferndale. You may go to stpatricksepiscopalchurch@montanasky.com for a map to the church. At a later date, Jayne's urn will be placed next to her husband, parents, sister and brother-in-law at the Hillcrest Mausoleum in Great Falls.

The family suggests memorial gifts be given to the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, 3911 Central Ave., Great Falls, MT 59401, or the St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 431, Bigfork, MT 59911.

Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for Jayne's family.