1925 – 2026
Jean Dorothy Taylor passed away peacefully on May 17, 2026, having lived an interesting and full 100 years.
Jean was born in 1925 in Landour, India to United Church missionaries, Benjamin and Annie Smillie. At 9 years old, she was sent to board at St. Leonard's School for Girls in St. Andrews, Scotland. In 1940, she was evacuated to Canada at the height of the German bombings of the U.K., travelling on her own by steamship from Liver…
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