Jane C. Floyd, 73, of Shelburne, Vt., passed away on Sunday January 25, 2026, at the Miller McClure Respite House.
Floyd’s life took her from small-town Vermont to corporate New Jersey and back, but her most memorable chapter unfolded in 2006 when she returned to Vermont and took a job with Vermont Transit Lines. There, she met Henry Floyd, a Greyhound bus driver who worked the Boston to Burlington route.
The connection was immediate and lasting. Jane and Henry married on June 9, 2013, in Williston and settled in Randolph, Massachusetts. Jane transferred to Greyhound’s Boston maintenance division to be closer to her new husband.
Their happiness was cut short when Henry died unexpectedly on May 30, 2016. Jane continued working for Greyhound until her retirement in 2021, when she moved to Shelburne to be near family.
Born in St. Albans on March 31, 1952, to Glenn W. and Mary R. (Metz) Calder, Jane grew up in Richford before her family moved to South Burlington in 1965. She graduated from South Burlington High School in 1970 and earned her degree from Lyndon State College in 1974.
After working various jobs in Vermont, Jane moved to New Jersey in 1981, where she served as an executive assistant at Lucent Technologies and spent several years in the New Jersey Army National Guard.
Throughout her life, Jane was devoted to her cats, whom she loved as family members.
Jane was predeceased by her parents, her husband Henry, her sister Mary A. Calder, and her niece Rebecca Calder Benes. She leaves behind her sister Carolyn C. Vadeboncoeur of Tennessee and her daughter Ariel (Brian) Vadeboncoeur and daughter Sophia Channell; her brother James W. Calder (Ginger) of Shelburne and their children Amanda and Daniel Calder; son-in-law Joshua Benes and grandsons Luke and Zachary Benes; sister Barbara Bailey Brown (Rufus) of Alaska and her daughters Roslynn, Shauna and Whitney Bailey, plus Whitney’s son DeShaun Bailey of New Hampshire. She also leaves two stepdaughters, Tara Harris Floyd and LaTasha Floyd, and their families in Massachusetts.
A memorial service will be held February 21, 2026 at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Burlington, with a reception following downstairs. Jane will be buried with Henry at Oaklawn Cemetery in Roslindale, Massachusetts, at the family’s convenience.
Memorial donations may be sent to the University of Vermont Home Health and Hospice, 1110 Prim Rd., Colchester, VT 05446 or First Baptist Church Burlington, 81 St. Paul St., Burlington, VT 05401.