Joyce Marie Taylor
June 28, 1933 - June 26, 2021
Joyce’s life began on June 28, 1933,
the daughter of Raymond and Thelma (Hinnen) Vogelman in Newton,
Kansas. She attended Westpoint one room schoolhouse near the family
farm in Potwin, Kansas. She graduated from Potwin High, Class of
1951. Her working career started out at the Potwin State Bank and
also managed her family farm. She was an Assistant Director for the
nursing home in Garden City and retired as an Administrative
Assistant for the Kansas Turnpike Authority in 1998. On March 10,
1953, Joyce married Joseph O. Whitmore and they had two children,
Fred & Ann. Joyce married Carroll D. Taylor on July 5, 1991. She
was a member of Hillside Christian Church in Wichita where she taught
Sunday School, she also sang and played the piano whenever requested.
She loved her family and enjoyed sewing and reading. Devotions were
an important way for her to start her day.
Her loving family includes her son and
his wife, Fred and Leslie Whitmore of Richardson, Texas; daughters
and their husbands, Ann and Caesar Mercado of Prosper, Texas, Dena
and Robert Pettersen of Wichita, Dhera and Lonnie Hoffman of Groton,
South Dakota; sister, Mary Lou (Jim) Jacobs of Oro Valley, Arizona;
brother, Donald Vogelman of Austin, Texas; grandchildren, Katie
Whitmore, Luke Whitmore, Jennifer Armstrong (Brad), David Mercado
(Melisa), Michelle Mercado, Jennifer Melcher (Joshua), Matthew
Pettersen, Becah Fliehs (Trey), Amy Goodwin (Jamie), Margaret Hoffman
(Andre Keller); great-grandchildren, Jaina, Tobin, James,
Christopher, Alexander, Taylor, Mya, Emme, James, Daisy, Amelia and
Ivy.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; husband, Carroll Taylor in September of 2010;
great-granddaughter, Ellianna Armstrong. Joyce passed away into her
loving Savior’s arms on Saturday, June 26, 2021 a few days before
her 88th birthday.
Her family will gather with friends on
Thursday, July 1, from 5-7 p.m. at Lamb Funeral Home, 120 S. Main,
Whitewater, Kansas. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 2,
at 3:00 p.m. at Hillside Christian Church, 8330 E. Douglas Avenue,
Wichita, Kansas. Interment will follow in McGill Cemetery in Potwin.
Memorial contributions may be directed
to Potwin Methodist Church in care of Lamb Funeral Home, P.O. Box
358. Whitewater, Kansas 67154. Please sign her online guest book and
leave a memory of Joyce at www.ymzfh.com
