Dorothy (Henry) Jones |
| Posted 2009-10-18 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Sunday, May 21, 2006 Dorothy Henry Jones, 79, died Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at her home in Durango, Colo. Services will be held in Prescott at 2 p.m. Friday, May 26, at Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral,Home. Mrs. Jones was born April 10, 1927, in Philadelphia, Pa., the daughter of Raymond and Verna Henry. She married Charles Matthew Jones on March 27, 1948, at Valley Forge, Pa. As a teenager and young adult, she worked on the Pennsylvania Railroad. After she married, the family moved from Pennsylvania to Arizona and lived on a working cattle ranch 42 miles out of town. Raising 6 children with no phone, television or electric power wasn't easy. She loved to dance and garden and was an excellent horseback rider. She roller-skated until 62, when she fractured her wrist. Mrs. Jones enjoyed her collection of clocks andchickens and was an avid card and board game player. She volunteered for various duties at Yarnell Senior Center in Arizona. She passionately collected and revised house plans. She had recently moved to Durango to live with her daughter and her family. "In the brief time she was in Durango, she touched many lives" remembers her daughter, Melody, of Durango, Colo. She is survived by a significant other, Robert McCarrel, of Yarnell; four children, Brian Jones of Prescott, Ariz, Rose Pfluger of Morristown, Ariz., Alan Jones of Phoenix, Ariz., and Melody Smith of Durango, Colo.; 11 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles of 32 years, her son Charles Jones Jr., her son Ellery Jones, and her former spouse Donald Cunningham. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Mercy, 375 E. Park Ave., Durango, CO, 81301 or the Yarnell Senior Center, 184 BroadwaySt. Yarnell, AZ, 85362. Information provided by survivors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ May 17, 2006, p. A14. Dorothy Henry Jones, 79, died Tuesday, April 25 at her home in Durango, Colo. Services will be held in Prescott, Ariz., on Friday, May 26 at Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. Mrs. Jones was born April 10, 1927 in Philadelphia, Penn., the daughter of Raymond and Verna Henry. She married Charles Matthew Jones on March 27, 1948 at Valley Forge, Penn. As a teenager and young adult, she worked on the Pennsylvania Railroad. After she married, the family moved from Pennsylvania to Arizona and lived on a working cattle ranch 42 miles out of town. Raising six children with no phone, television or electric power wasn't easy. She loved to dance, garden, and was an excellent horseback rider. She roller-skated until age 62 when she fractured her wrist. Mrs. Jones enjoyed her collection of clocks and chickens and was an avid card and board game player. She volunteered for various duties at Yarnell Senior Center in Yarnell, Ariz. She passionately collected and revised house plans. She had recently moved to Durango to live with her daughter and her family. “In the brief time she was in Durango, she touched many lives,” remembers her daughter, Melody, of Durango. She is survived by a significant other, Robert McCarrel, of Yarnell, Ariz.; children Brian Jones of Prescott, Ariz., Rose Pfluger of Morristown, Ariz., Alan Jones of Phoenix, Ariz., Melody Smith of Durango, Colo.; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles of 32 years, her son Charles Jones Jr., her son Ellery Jones, and her former spouse Donald Cunningham. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Mercy, 375 E. Park Ave., Durango CO 81301, or the Yarnell Senior Center, 184 Broadway St. Yarnell, AZ 85362. |
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