Jane Floyd

Jane C. Floyd, 73, of Shelburne, 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 and then her family moved, in 1965, 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 VT and then moved in 1981 to NJ 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 VT 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, MA. Jane transferred to Greyhound of Boston in their Maintenance Division. Tragically Henry died unexpectedly 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 TN 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, son Daniel Calder, son in-law Joshua Benes and their grandsons Luke and Zachary Benes; and her sister Barbara Bailey Brown (Rufus) of AK and her daughters Roslynn, Shauna and Whitney Bailey and Whitney's son DeShaun Bailey of NH. Jane also leaves two stepdaughters Tara Harris Floyd and LaTasha Floyd and their families of MA. Memorial donations may be sent to UVM Home Health and Hospice, 1110 Prim Road, Colchester, VT 05446 or First Baptist Church Burlington, 81 St. Paul Street, Burlington, VT 05401. A memorial service will be held on February 21, 2026 at 2 PM at First Baptist Church Burlington. A reception will be held downstairs following the service. She will be buried with Henry at Oaklawn Cemetery, Roslindale, Massachusetts at the convenience of the family.