KOKOMO – Marcella Jo “Marci” Taylor Plank, 32, Kokomo, passed away at 5 a.m. June 11, 2016, at Riverview Hospital, Noblesville. She was born Aug. 2, 1983, in Tipton County, to Michael and Bethany Harlow Taylor. On Oct. 10, 2015, she married Gabriel Plank, who survives. She graduated from Tri-Central High School in 2001 and was pursuing a degree in risk management. She had worked as a licensed personal line agent at Patriot Insurance for the past five years. She also was a certified wedding planner, an interior designer, coach of the Photos by Gregory T-ball team at Tri-Central and a member of Crossroads Community Church. Her favorite things to do, besides loving on her boys, was to sing, dance and make people laugh. Also surviving are her sons, Tate Alan Strebin and Riley Charles Strebin; her parents; two sisters, Nicole (and spouse B.J.) Dunham and Alisha (and spouse Trenton) Casler; a brother, Jacob (and Lucy Harcourt) Taylor; a grandmother, Sue Harlow; a grandfather, Cecil Taylor; three nephews, Alex Dunham, Josiah Dunham and Gus Casler; mother- and father-in-law, Donavan and Susan Plank; brothers and sister-in-law, Prudence (and spouse Alex) Mejia, Ruben (and spouse Molly) Plank and Luke (and fiancé Amanda Conley) Plank; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, cousins and the fab five. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Jim Harlow; grandmother, Bettie Taylor; and a daughter, Elora Strebin. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Crossroads Community Church, 4254 S. 00 EW, Kokomo, with Pastor Chris Duncan officiating. Burial will follow in Albright Cemetery. Calling is from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the church. Marci would want everyone to dress in bright colors when you come to celebrate her life. Stout & Son Funeral Home assisted the family with the arrangements. ***** Memorials to the family for an education fund for Marci’s children. Messages of condolence may be expressed online at www.stoutandson.com.
