Josephine H Henley Taylor

Taylor, Lois Josephine (nee Henley) 84 of St. Louis, on November 30, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Howard K. Taylor; loving mother of H. Mark (Young S.) Taylor and Keith Lee Taylor; dear grandmother of Andrea Hyon Taylor.

Josephine was someone who appeared fragile but she was a fighter and lived through the depression, World War II, and many difficult times. She was married for 64 years and had the sorrowful experience of seeing her husband pass away in September of 2010. Yet she bucked up, straightened her head and pushed on as far as she could. She taught me loyalty, kindness, love and fortitude; not by her words, but by her actions. She always listened and comforted, but when she made her mind up about something - that was it, that's the way it was going to be. In the past few years her body failed and she was in severe back, leg, and knee pain. But she took each day as it came, reached out to God, and was known to many times say, "It's just amazing, today I asked the Lord to help me and he did; he helped me through." Whether it was finding lost keys, papers, a memory, or just making it from bed to the door, she had a strong arm to lean on through it all.

The funeral service is private with interment at Jefferson Barracks.

As the service is private in memory the family encourages you to spend time with someone you love is now. Say a kind word, or repair a broken relationship. We are so very busy with many important things, it is hard to stop and take time to realize that what is truly important are the people around us.