Yolanda Taylor

Yolanda Maria Taylor, age 44, lost her fifteen-year battle with cancer on Thursday, February 18th, in her home, surrounded by family and friends.

Yolanda was born December 4, 1976 in Detroit, Michigan to Bernhardine Cobb and Kenneth Steele. She attended school in Junction City, Kansas prior to moving to Missouri in 2005.

She is survived by her husband, Brian; daughter, Jeni and children, Cooper and Addison; daughter, Kavacea Taylor and Shamar and children, Z'Amarie and Mai'lani; daughter, Brina Taylor and son Za'Kylin; her mother, Bernhardine and Maurice Adams; her brother, Kenneth Steele and wife Shakesha and nieces Amanda, Kyndra and Sienna; brother, Antwon Steele; sister-in-laws, Lynette Taylor, Betty Ticer, Phyllis Johnson; brother-in-laws, Alvin Taylor Jr. and Robert Ticer; and a host of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Maria Schmidt and Vernie Lee; and nephew, Lyndville Ticer.

While Yolanda spent a large portion of her adult life working, her influence in the world of youth sports is what she will be remembered for by the hundreds of kids she has coached and mentored through the Grant Beach Sports League, The Springfield/Greene County Parks Departments, and Lakes Country Soccer. She was the 2018 recipient of the Gift of Time award for her many hours of volunteerism in youth sports programming.

A Visitation and a Celebration of Life service will be held from 10:00-11:00am on Saturday, February 27th at Herman Lohmeyer Funeral Home, 500 E. Walnut Street in Springfield, Missouri. A Celebration of Life service will begin at 11:00am.

Monetary contributions can be made through the Yolanda Taylor funeral fund on "GoFundMe" by clicking this link https://www.gofundme.com/f/2aa1dmspao?qid=c0e0196f69647dde8f153dc906f8e8df

visiting the Grant Beach Sports Facebook page or by calling 417-880-2453. Donations may also be dropped by the Herman H. Lohmeyer Funeral Home, 500 E. Walnut Street in Springfield.

Permanent online condolences, stories and photos may be shared at www.hhlohmeyer.com.