HELEN LEOTA JONES, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF VULCAN EXTENDICARE PASSED AWAY MAY 6, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
HELEN WAS BORN DECEMBER 3, 1912 AT BRANT, ALBERTA TO CLATE AND CANDACE WILLIAMS. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ARROWWOOD, RIDING TO SCHOOL IN THE FIRST MOTORIZED VAN IN ARROWWOOD. SHE MARRIED LEWIS JONES ON JANUARY 8, 1930, AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED UNTIL MOVING INTO ARROWWOOD IN THE FALL OF 1938. LEW PASSED AWAY IN 1964 AND HELEN CONTINUED TO LIVE IN ARROWWOOD UNTIL MOVING TO THE NEWELL NURSING HOME IN BROOKS IN 1971. IN 1979 SHE MOVED TO THE PARKLAND NURSING HOME IN VULCAN, WHICH IS NOW CALLED EXTENDICARE WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
HELEN SUFFERED A STOKE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, DEPRIVING HER OF MANY OF LIFES PLEASURES. HELEN MADE THE BEST OF WHAT LIFE OFFERED HER AND SHE CONTINUED TO BE A LOVING MOTHER TO HER TWO SONS AND A FAITHFUL WIFE TO LEW. HELEN ENJOYED VISITS FROM HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO SONS RAY (JOYCE ) OF VULCAN AND CASEY (CAROL) OF ARROWWOOD, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN RON (ANNMARIE) JONES OF FERNIE, MARILYN DANN OF VULCAN, ROB (ARLENE) JONES OF CARMANGAY, KASSIE (PATRICK) DAVIS OF LONGVIEW AND JERRY JONES OF ARROWWOOD, TWO STEP-GRANDCHILDREN, STEPHEN AND GEORGIE, EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN , FIVE BROTHERS HAROLD OF VULCAN, HURLEY (GRACE) OF ARROWWOOD, DAYTON AND DONALD OF VULCAN, AND ARNOLD (LORRAINE) POBST OF ARROWWOOD, A SISTER RUBY BECKNER OF CALGARY, TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW IRENE WILLIAMS OF ARROWWOOD, LAURA JONES OF STRATHMORE, A HALF-BROTHER LYLE (LORENE) OF ACME, A HALF-SISTER MARLENE RUTHERFORD OF CALGARY, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HELEN WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND LEW, TWO BROTHERS LEONARD AND LELAND WILLIAMS, HER PARENTS AND STEP-MOTHER NELLIE WILLIAMS.
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY MAY 8, 1998 AT 10:30 A.M. AT ARROWWOOD GOSPEL CHURCH WITH REV. LEN EICHLER OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT GLEICHEN CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS WERE GRANDCHILDREN RON JONES, ROB JONES, JERRY JONES, KASSIE DAVIS, MARILYN DANN AND JASON DANN.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN HELEN’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO VULCAN EXTENDICARE AUXILIARY, BOX 810, VULCAN TOL 2BO.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 485-2633.