Jane C. Floyd, 73, of Shelburne, Vt., passed away on Sunday January 25, 2026, at the Miller McClure Respite House.
She was born in St. Albans, Vt., on March 31, 1952, to Glenn W. and Mary R. (Metz) Calder. She grew up in Richford, Vt., and then in 1965 her family moved to South Burlington, where she graduated from South Burlington High School in 1970 and went on to graduate from Lyndon State College in 1974.
Jane worked in several occupations in Vermont and then in 1981 moved to New Jersey, where she was an executive assistant at Lucent Technologies. Jane was in the New Jersey Army National Guard for several years. In 2006 she returned to Vermont and worked for Vermont Transit Lines. She met the love of her life, Henry Floyd, at the bus station. Henry was a Greyhound bus driver who drove the Boston to Burlington route. They were married on June 9, 2013, in Williston, Vt., and settled in Randolph, Mass. Jane transferred to Greyhound of Boston in their maintenance division. Tragically, Henry died unexpectedly on May 30, 2016. Jane continued to work for Greyhound until she retired in 2021 and then moved to Shelburne to be near family. Throughout her life Jane had many cats, whom she loved as if they were her children.
In addition to Henry, Jane was predeceased by her parents; her sister Mary A. Calder; and her niece, Rebecca Calder Benes. She is survived by her sister Carolyn C. Vadeboncoeur of Tennessee and her daughter Ariel (Brian) Vadeboncoeur and her daughter Sophia Channell; her brother, James W. Calder (Ginger), of Shelburne, Vt., and their daughter, Amanda Calder, and son, Daniel Calder; son in-law, Joshua Benes, and their grandsons, Luke and Zachary Benes; and her sister Barbara Bailey Brown (Rufus) of Alaska and her daughters, Roslynn, Shauna and Whitney Bailey, and Whitney’s son, DeShaun Bailey, of New Hampshire. Jane also leaves two stepdaughters, Tara Harris Floyd and LaTasha Floyd, and their families, of Massachusetts.
Memorial donations may be sent to the University of Vermont Home Health and Hospice, 1110 Prim Rd., Colchester, VT 05446 or the First Baptist Church Burlington, 81 St. Paul St., Burlington, VT 05401.
A memorial service will be held on February 21, 2026, at 2 p.m., at First Baptist Church Burlington. A reception will be held downstairs following the service. She will be buried with Henry at Oaklawn Cemetery, Roslindale, Mass., at the convenience of the family.
Friends may visit corbinandpalmer.com to extend condolences to the family.