Jones, Lavona Adel (Power) 1914 - 2014

JONES, POWER, GAINES, SCHWINEFUS, MILLER, DRURY, KARSTEN

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 8/22/2014 at 12:04:18

Funeral services for Lavona Jones will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 23, 2014 at the Hindt Funeral Home in Spring Valley, MN with Pastor Melanie Greengo officiating. Burial will take place at the Chester Hill Cemetery in Chester, Iowa. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Saturday.

Lavona Jones, age 100, of Ostrander, MN passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at the Ostrander Care and Rehab.

Lavona Adel Power was born March 16, 1914 in Waubeek, Iowa to Frank and Elsie (Gaines) Power. On July 20, 1933, she was united in marriage to Donald Jones in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Lavona loved children and was very family oriented, being a homemaker her whole life. She also had a love for animals and took in a few stray cats throughout the years. Traveling, going out to eat, and reading were some of Lavona’s favorite things to do. Lavona’s family will remember her for always having to have lemon meringue pie for supper, her fun and spunky spirit, and being one of the oldest people to ever ride a Go Kart in Wisconsin Dells.

Lavona is survived by her daughter, Jan Schwinefus of Ostrander, MN; 7 grandchildren, Wade Schwinefus, Kyle Schwinefus, LaRae Miller, Sherry Drury, Judy Karsten, Randy Jones, and Steve Jones; 14 great grandchildren; and 16 great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Elsie, husband, Donald, 2 children, Richard and June, and 5 siblings.

Source: Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home database

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