Jack Sheldon Taylor, age 94, died on November 8, 2022, after a long and fulfilling life. Beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Jack lived in northeastern Ohio for the last five years. He was born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, to E. C. and Isabelle Taylor on July 1, 1928. Jack grew up in Penn Hills, PA, graduated from high school, and served in the U. S. Army in Korea. He graduated from Muskingum College and married his sweetheart, Joan Maxine Hamilton, in 1952. He worked for the state insurance bureau and different insurance agencies; then ran his own insurance agency in Twinsburg, OH, for many years. Together, Jack and Joan raised five children in Twinsburg. Jack was active with the local parks department, coached youth baseball teams and refereed wrestling matches at high school and college competitions.

At retirement, the couple moved to Jamestown, NY, to live on Chautauqua Lake where they happily entertained friends and family and golfed for thirty years. Jack was a life-long reader and volunteered for decades at the Fluvanna (NY) Free Library. Jack enjoyed his family, particularly the littlest ones (who knew him as “Pop-Pop”), sugar cookies, banana splits, audio books, baseball (Pirates!) football (Steelers!) and Patsy Cline. Jack’s sense of humor and unique sayings were unforgettable.

Jack is survived by three daughters, Patricia Church (Philip), Kerry Eloshway (John) and Kristy Taylor (David Hamilton.) He was pre-deceased by his wife Joan in 2017, daughter Amy in 1973 and son James in July of this year. Jack is also survived by grandchildren Paul and Joanna Church, Michael (Aziza) Eloshway and Amy Eloshway Heim (Philip.) His grandson, Ross Church, died in 2011. In the last few years Jack was delighted to frequently interact with his three young great-grandchildren, Ethan and Owen Heim and Olivia Eloshway. They were the little loves of his life. He will be greatly missed.