Frances M. Taylor

Frances Mae Taylor, also known as Fran, Mom, G-ma, Aunt Franny, and Tinkerbell, passed away peacefully on January 7, 2026 with her family by her side.

Fran is preceded in death by her parents Hazel and Cecil Taylor, brother Frank Taylor, nephew Chuckie Taylor, Nina Lazar, and ex-husband Richard Daniels.

Fran Leaves behind an immense loving family. Her siblings Cecil, Beth, and Joe Taylor. Her daughters Jolynn Becker (Kenneth Becker), Brooke Martinez (Ken Ross), Shanda Daniels-Horstman (Josh Horstman), her youngest Shyann Daniels (Josh Fountain), her adopted daughters Katherine Newman, Lisa Becker, and her adopted son Joe Taylor. Her grandkids Keylee, Carlisle, Kaleb, Kalyna, Connor, Jake, Noah, Lily, Gigi, Daniel, and Ariel. Fran also leaves behind her partner Kevin Niedeffer, her best friends Cindy (lou, lou), and Judy Bug, along with many nieces and nephews including John Lazar, Shane (Shada), Randy (Samantha), Ryan (Haylee), Jenny, Adriann, and many more.

Fran loved being outdoors in the summertime, she loved bonfires, kayaking, crafting, playing with her grandkids, and a large genre of music. Fran was born in West Virginia where later in her teen age years relocated to Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is where she met her ex-husband who delivered mail, paper boy style. They married and had their four daughters.

The family will have a celebration of life at a later date.

If anyone would like to donate to the family a GoFundMe page has been created, "Peaceful Farewell for our mom" on Facebook @Shyann Daniels.

Here are some memories the daughters would like to share;

Our dad bought her a China cabinet and when mom and dad split, she was going to try to sell it. I looked at her and said to her no you're not and she gave it to me. When we moved out of state, I gave it to a family friend because I couldn't take it with me.

- I will always be your baby love JoJo

Connor called and said G-ma is in Heaven now, she is a ghost but she is not haunting me. We all love you fly high with all our other Angels.

- Love Brooke

I have many memories with my mommy. It is hard to choose just one to speak about. My mom loved talking about the time she and I spent at Wolf Lake about two weeks. We were out kayaking that we tanned so much when we went to take a photo it looked like our teeth were glowing.

- Forever your pooh bear I love you shy shy