JEFFREY, Helen "Kin" (LLOYD-JONES)

LLOYD-JONES, JEFFREY, CARR, LONNING, SCHWARTZ, PETERSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 12/7/2013 at 18:46:14

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Obituary - Helen "Kin" (Lloyd-Jones) Jeffrey
September 26, 1918 ~ January 12, 2012

Helen (Kin) Jeffrey, 93, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at her home in Hailey, Idaho. Born in Mason City, Iowa, Sept. 26, 1918, the daughter of Ralph and Helen Lloyd-Jones, Kin was a graduate of Iowa State University.

Helen joined the first officers training class for WAACs in 1942 and worked as a commanding officer at both Fort Bragg and Crile Hospital during World War II. She left the service in 1946 with the rank of major.

On June 15, 1946, she married Frank Rumer Jeffrey Jr. of Kennewick, Wash., who died in August 2009. They raised their four children in Mason City where they were deeply involved in many civic activities.

The couple moved to Hailey, Idaho, in 2007 to live near their two youngest children.

Helen is survived by her four children, Lleni (Peter) Carr of Aptos, Calif.; Frank Jeffrey III (Cyndie) of Ames, Iowa; Elizabeth Jeffrey (Rob Lonning) of Hailey, Idaho; and Buncy Jeffrey (Stew Schwartz) of Ketchum, Idaho; five grandchildren, Evan Jeffrey, Ryan Jeffrey, Helen Jeffrey Peterson, Sean Carr and Caitlin Lonning; and one great-grandchild, Rose Peterson.

Memorials may be directed to the Wood River Land Trust, 119 Bullion St., Hailey ID 83333.

Arrangements are under the care of Wood River Chapel of Hailey, Idaho. Friends and family are invited to leave a condolence or light a candle at www.woodriverchapel.com.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, December of 2013