1917
Helen
2006
Helen Leona Jones
August 17, 1917 — November 23, 2006
Helen L. Jones, 89, of Waukon, IA, died Thursday, November 23, 2006 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 27th at 11:00 am at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Waukon, with Rev. Richard A. Iles officiating. Burial will be in Sixteen Cemetery, rural Monona, IA. Friends may call from 3:00 to 7:00 pm Sunday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon.
Helen Leona Jones was born on August 17, 1917 in the Sixteen area of rural Waterville, IA, to Jerry Myer and Kate Clare (Kennedy) Hamm. She attended the Sixteen rural school. As a young girl, Helen spent a considerable time helping to care for her siblings during her mother's ill health and following her death. On November 13, 1934 she married Carlton Floyd Jones in Waukon. Except for a span of 7 years in the mid 1940s, they lived most of their life in the rural Waterville area. Helen was a busy homemaker and mother and maintained an interest in church activities at a number of different churches she and Carlton attended.
Camping and traveling, music and dancing, and playing cards with the Golden Girls card club were some of Helen's favorite pastimes. She also enjoyed spending time and playing various games with her family. She liked being with children and spent a lot of time helping to care for many of her grandchildren. Helen was very welcoming to guests and visitors, always making her home a comfortable stop for family and friends.
Survivors include her husband Carlton of Waukon; 3 daughters, Frances (LeRoy) Bollman of Waukon, Barbara (Edward) O'Connell of Eastman, WI and Connie (Duane) Leuenberger of Decorah; 26 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; 24 great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Bernice (Lester) Erickson of Rochester, MN; and a brother, Barton (Marilyn) Hamm of Waukon. She is preceded in death by her parents; 3 children, an infant son Paul, a 10 month old daughter, Lois and a daughter, Cleo Freilinger Ludvik; a granddaughter; 3 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; 4 brothers, Lester, Lawrence, Harmon and Guy Hamm; and a sister, Vera Nichols.
Casketbearers are Don Bollman, Doug O'Connell, Craig and Quint Freilinger, Chris Bruce and John Mickey.
Helen Leona Jones was born on August 17, 1917 in the Sixteen area of rural Waterville, IA, to Jerry Myer and Kate Clare (Kennedy) Hamm. She attended the Sixteen rural school. As a young girl, Helen spent a considerable time helping to care for her siblings during her mother's ill health and following her death. On November 13, 1934 she married Carlton Floyd Jones in Waukon. Except for a span of 7 years in the mid 1940s, they lived most of their life in the rural Waterville area. Helen was a busy homemaker and mother and maintained an interest in church activities at a number of different churches she and Carlton attended.
Camping and traveling, music and dancing, and playing cards with the Golden Girls card club were some of Helen's favorite pastimes. She also enjoyed spending time and playing various games with her family. She liked being with children and spent a lot of time helping to care for many of her grandchildren. Helen was very welcoming to guests and visitors, always making her home a comfortable stop for family and friends.
Survivors include her husband Carlton of Waukon; 3 daughters, Frances (LeRoy) Bollman of Waukon, Barbara (Edward) O'Connell of Eastman, WI and Connie (Duane) Leuenberger of Decorah; 26 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; 24 great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Bernice (Lester) Erickson of Rochester, MN; and a brother, Barton (Marilyn) Hamm of Waukon. She is preceded in death by her parents; 3 children, an infant son Paul, a 10 month old daughter, Lois and a daughter, Cleo Freilinger Ludvik; a granddaughter; 3 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; 4 brothers, Lester, Lawrence, Harmon and Guy Hamm; and a sister, Vera Nichols.
Casketbearers are Don Bollman, Doug O'Connell, Craig and Quint Freilinger, Chris Bruce and John Mickey.
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