JONES, EILEEN HELEN, FORMERLY OF FOX CREEK AND CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY MAY 7, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 58 YEARS.
EILEEN WAS BORN OCTOBER 26, 1931 AT GLEN SOURIS, MANITOBA. SHE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BOOK KEEPER FOR SWEET 16 AND SEVERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. THROUGH A FRIEND AND THE MAIL SHE MET ROBERT. THEY SAW EACH OTHER IN VANCOUVER WHILE HE WAS PASSING THROUGH ON THE CANADIAN FORCES TROOP TRAIN ON THE WAY TO KOREA, IN 1950. THEY WERE MARRIED IN VANCOUVER IN NOVEMBER 1952. THEY TRAVELLED AROUND TO MANY PLACES AS ROBERT WAS SERVING IN THE AIR FORCE. IN 1969 HE RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE AND THEY RESIDED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA UNTIL MOVING TO FOX CREEK IN 1981 AND RETIRED FOR A SECOND TIME. THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MOVE TO CHAMPION AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH.
EILEEN WAS AN ACTIVE ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION IN FOX CREEK. SHE SERVED AS PAST TREASURER, SECRETARY AND SHE WAS ALSO THE CHAIRPERSON FOR MEMBERSHIP AND BINGO.
SHE ENJOYED MOST SPORTS INCLUDING HOCKEY, BASEBALL, SHE BOWLED ON A LEAGUE WHILE IN B.C. AND CURLING, MOSTLY AT LEGION GAMES. SHE ALSO ENJOYED READING, ESPECIALLY WESTERN NOVELS AND KNITTING.
BELOVED WIFE OF MR. ROBERT JONES OF FOX CREEK AND CHAMPION AND LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER BEV AND HER HUSBAND MIKE GODFREY AND THEIR CHILDREN JESSIE AND MICHAEL OF OAKLAND, OREGON, TWO SONS RICK AND BILL OF LLOYDMINSTER, A SISTER ELEANOR HERDERSON OF VULCAN, A BROTHER-IN-LAW FRANK AND SHIRLEY JONES OF PORT MCNEIL, B.C., NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS FRANK AND JESSIE ELDER AND A BROTHER HARVEY.
FUNERAL SERVICES AT VULCAN FUNERAL HOME SATURDAY MAY 12 AT 2:00 P.M. WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL OF VULCAN UNITED CHURCH OFFICIATING. INTERMENT CHAMPION CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TO THE TO THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY #408,l305-11 AVE. S.W. CALGARY T3C 3P6.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.