Saratoga Springs - Rev. Jane T. Borden of Saratoga Springs, New York died peacefully January 15th after a brief illness. Born in 1929 in the Cincinnati suburb of Mount Healthy, she was the daughter of H. Elwood Turner and Kathryn Rose Smith. She had two brothers, James Elwood Turner and Herbert Cameron Turner. Rev. Borden graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Cincinnati and then entered Yale Divinity School at a time when few women were permitted to enter and even fewer graduated. It was at Yale that she met and married James Ivan Borden. After graduation they moved first to Yonkers and then to Brandon, Vermont where James was the minister of Brandon Methodist Church from 1954 to 1961. It was at this time that their children, Erich and Scott, were born. After Brandon, Jane moved with Jim and her children to Averill Park and then to Latham (both in New York). Jane then became an ordained Methodist minister herself, serving with her husband at the Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church and then as the pastor of the Round Lake United Methodist Church. It was while serving in Saratoga Springs that her husband was tragically killed in 1984. Upon retirement, Rev. Borden became the chaplain at the Wesley Community in Saratoga Springs. She later became a resident of their independent, assisted living and finally skilled nursing facilities. Rev. Borden was a passionate champion of inclusive language in liturgy and of the rights of the LGBT community. She was instrumental in the decision by the Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church to become a Reconciling Congregation (a decision which they made more than 20 years ago). Rev. Borden is survived by her two sons, Erich Borden of Easton, New York, and Brother Scott Borden, OHC of West Park, New York, and by her grandchildren James Borden and his wife Tomomi of Tokyo, Japan and Sarah Borden, currently a student at Cortland. A memorial service will be held at 3pm Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 at the Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church, 175 Fifth Ave. at Henning Road, Saratoga Springs. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church or to the Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, New York. Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes of 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs (584-5373). Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.