Sheila G. Taylor

Sheila Gay Connell Taylor, age 62, died in Omaha on May 10, 2016 with her family at her side.

Sheila was born on March 15, 1954 in Lincoln, the middle child of Richard and Bonnie (Barnett) Krueger. She attended District 15 country school through the fifth grade and graduated from Norris Consolidated Schools in May of 1972. After graduation, Sheila worked at Norden Laboratories in Lincoln for one year before attending University Of Nebraska School Of Technical Agriculture.

In 1975, Sheila moved to Norfolk where she worked as a nurse's aide at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Care Center. On March 20, 1976, Sheila married Kevin Connell and their daughter, Jamie was born on December 2, 1976.

Sheila was trained by the Nebraska Rehabilitation at Southeast Community College in Lincoln and received an Associate of Science degree with high honors in Business Administration and Accounting.

In 1985, Sheila married Greg Taylor. To this union, Sarah was born on May 19, 1987.

In 1999, she was called into the ministry and her first appointment as interim pastor was with the Elsie-Madrid United Methodist Parish. After four months, she was appointed as the pastor for the Mitchell-Hull United Methodist Parish where she served for 11 years. In 2011, Sheila was reappointed to the Ponca-Allen Methodist Parish and in 2013 she was appointed as the Benkelman-Max-Stratton (BMS) United Methodist Parish pastor.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Richard Krueger and Kenneth and Shirley Taylor and her son Jonathon.

Survivors include her husband, Gregory of Stratton; daughter, Jamie Connell of Kearney; daughter, Sarah Taylor of Kansas City, MO; mother, Bonnie Krueger of Roca; brother, Terry Krueger (Shari) of Lincoln; sister, Dawn Hatterman (Phil) of Kansas City, MO; brother and sister-in-law, Kenton and Nancy Taylor of Colby, Kansas; and many nieces and nephews.

Memorial Services were held on May 28 at the United Methodist Church of Benkelman, and a private family inurnment will occur at a later date.

In Lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to Camp Norwesca, or the Brain Research Foundation / 111 W. Washington Street, #1710, Chicago, Ill. 60602

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