Mildred Helen Jones, 24 Apr 1921 - 01 Jul 2017

JONES, KELTING, CASHMAN, REMBOLD, JUNCK, BEAVERS, GILDEMEISTER, COULSON, LONGSWORTH, POKORNEY, DRISCOLL, ENGSTROM, MACDONALD, CROW, SELK

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 3/11/2018 at 17:36:50

Celebration of life service for Mildred H. Jones, 96, Williamsburg, was held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 6, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Williamsburg. She died Saturday, July 1, 2017, at the Highland Ridge Care Center, Williamsburg.

The Rev. Louie Gallo officiated at the service.

Burial was in Pilot Grove Cemetery, rural Williamsburg.

Memorials may be made to the St. Paul’s Building Fund or the Iowa County 4-H Scholarship Foundation.

Powell Funeral Homes, Williamsburg, was in charge of arrangements. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Mildred Helen Jones was born April 24, 1921, near Conroy, the daughter of Christian and Bertha (Cashman) Kelting. She graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1938.

She married Ralph David Jones on June 17, 1941, at her parents' home in Hilton Township. She lived on farms within one mile of her birthplace until she moved to Highland Ridge.

An 86-year member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, she was a charter member of the United Methodist Women and served in numerous volunteer roles. In 2007 she participated in the ground breaking for the new church building in her role as member with the longest tenure.

She had been a 4-H volunteer and Iowa County Fair superintendent for the flower show. She was a part of the Merry Monkey Makers for many years. She enjoyed her garden, working on the farm and baking. In her later years she enjoyed traveling and attending all 16 grandchildren's high school graduations, along with their various milestones and activities.

The couple started a tradition in 1978 of taking their grandchildren and great-grandchildren to Adventureland every summer which she participated in until she was 94. She traveled several times to London and Wales, and also visited Grenada, the Holy Land, Switzerland, France, Canada, the Caribbean and the Panama Canal along with many states including Hawaii and Alaska.

Jones is survived by five children, Doris (Chris) Rembold, Louisburg, Kan.; Arlene (Marlen) Junck, Stoughton, Wis.; Evelyn (Glenn) Beavers, Ames; Dwight (Peg) Gildemeister, Williamsburg, and Shirley (Charles) Coulson, Anchorage, Alaska; 16 grandchildren, Eric (Brooke) Rembold, Anthony (Laurie) Junck, Lisa (Jon) MacDonald, Susan (Blaine) Longsworth, David (Jenny) Junck, Marianne Junck (John Pokorney), Elizabeth Beavers, Katherine Beavers, Jonathan Beavers, Adam Gildemeister, Sara Gildemeister, David Gildemeister, Ellen (Jim) Driscoll, Andrew Coulson, (fiance Sarah Engstrom) Laura Coulson and Lindsey Coulson; 17 great-grandchildren: Brody and Gwenyn Rembold, Luke, Levi, Kai, Chloe and Phoebe Junck, Sydney, Peter, Emily and Benjamin MacDonald, August, Emma,and Oliver Longsworth, Miller, Finley and Lucy Junck, and nephews and nieces, John R. (Gerry) Jones, David (Kathy) Jones, Darlo (Diana) Kelting, Lanette (Lyle) Crow, Delbert Selk, Dorothy (Dale) Selk, Darlo (Betty) Jones, Richard (Judy) Jones, Gary (Mary) Jones.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1993; her parents; two sisters, Freda Kelting and Viola Gildemeister, and one brother, Harold Kelting.

Williamsburg Journal Tribune, 12 Jul 2017
The Gazette, 04 Jul 2017 [abbreviated]