JONES, Letha C. (Caruth) 1910-1994

JONES, CARUTH, MINEART

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/26/2012 at 21:33:08

Letha C. Jones, formerly of Rockford, died on Tuesday, July 26, 1994 at the Nora Springs Care Cente of complications following a lengthy bout with cancer.

Funeral services were held on Friday morning at the Rockford United Methodist Church, with Rev. William H. Green, former pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Riverside Cemetery. Schumburg Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Jones, the former Letha C. Caruth, was born on September 19, 1910, in rural Williams, the daughter of Andrew and Cora (Mineart) Caruth. She graduated from high school in Williams. She moved to Mason City where she worked in the S.S. Kresge Department Store in downtown Mason City for more than 12 years. During those years she was active in many bridge clubs.

In May of 1943 she married William Earl Jones at the Little Brown Church near Nashua. The couple made their home in California while Mr. Jones served in the U.S. military. They returned to Mason City and moved to Nora Springs before settling in Rockford in 1957.

While in Rockford, Mrs. Jones assisted her husband in the operation of the Rockford Meat Locker. Mr. Jones died on June 2, 1980 in Mason City.

Mrs. Jones was a member of the Rockford United Methodist Church. She enjoyed golfing, bridge and fishing.

Living family members include two sons and their wives: Bob and Diane Jones of Rockford, and Dennis and Lynnette Jones of DeWitt; two sisters, Mary Hammer of Newton, and Marjorie Johnson of Moses Lake, Washington; two brothers: Andy Caruth of Williams and Virgil Caruth of Iowa Falls; and six grandchildren.

In addition to her parents andhusband, she was preceded in death by four sisters and a grandson, Christopher Jones, in infancy.

[ Nora Springs Advertiser, August 3, 1994 ]