Janet R. Potter

Janet Ruth Potter, age 92, of Toledo, OH, passed away at Three Meadows Post Acute in Perrysburg, OH, on Friday, July 3, 2026.

She was born to Dallas and Ruth (Sheline) Smaltz on September 19, 1933, in Toledo. She attended Libbey High School and graduated in 1951.

After graduation, Janet attended Mercy School of Nursing and attained her LPN license. She worked a total of 39 years as an LPN working at "the old" Flower Hospital, Spencer Manor Nursing Home (now Merritt House), and for a nursing agency towards the end of her career. Janet especially enjoyed her opportunity to care for those at the Little Sisters of the Poor.

She married Robert Taylor of Toledo as she was starting her nursing career. She has a son, Robert E. Taylor, and a daughter, Diane M. Taylor. At a later time, she married Richard Potter, also of Toledo.

Janet was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert Taylor, and husband, Richard Potter; and older brother, Donald "Donnie". She is survived by her son, Robert (Gertrud) Taylor, of Pataskala, OH, and her daughter, Diane Taylor, of Toledo; grandchildren, David (Julie) Taylor, Vanessa (Jonathan) Kline, Lucinda (Charles) Harger, Phillip (Tyler) Taylor, and Michael (Allison) Taylor; 11 great-grandchildren; brother, Bill (Carolyn) Smaltz; and nephew, Matt Smaltz, and nieces, Holly Joyner and Melanie Nichol.

Janet's family would like to give special thanks to the staff at Three Meadows Post Acute in Perrysburg for their dedicated and compassionate care. They are grateful to the staff for allowing frequent visits from her "granddog," Molly, and for letting Janet sit at her "post" and spend time with people in her own way.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at 1 p.m., at Maumee United Methodist Church, 405 Sackett St, Maumee, with one hour of visitation preceding beginning at 12 p.m.

Memorials may take the form of contributions to Samaritan's Purse or to a charity of the donor's choice.

The family would also like to thank the kind and helpful staff at Walker Funeral Home in Sylvania, as well as the staff at Hospice of Northwest Ohio.