Jones, Ella B. Strickler – 1859-1927

JONES, MORRISON, SOUTHERN, STRICKLER, WESTON

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:37

Jones Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella B. Strickler Jones, of Ira, who died last Thursday at the Skiff Memorial hospital at the age of 68 years, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Christian church at Ira with the Rev. Riley, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial was in the Union Chapel cemetery at Ira.
Pallbearers were W. L. Price, S. W. Weston, F. W. Tramel, Fred Esch, George Whitehead and Fred Battles.
Quartet Sings
Music was furnished by a mixed quartet from Baxter including Guy Hardenburg, Harold Hardenburg, Mrs. Ed Goodwin and Mrs. Thomas Helming with Mrs. F. C. Mason, accompanist. The quartet sang three selections including “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,” In the Garden” and “The Old Rugged Cross.”
Ella B. Strickler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tillman of near Ira, was born Aug. 15, 1859, in Fayette county, Pa. She came with her parents to this state when she was 18 months old.
She was united in marriage to Charles E. Jones on Jan. 1, 1876, and to this union nine children were born of whom two sons died in infancy.
Spends Life On Farm
The first few years of the new home was spent on a farm northwest of Ira and since that time they have lived in the vicinity of Ira. They moved from the farm home in Ira 17 years ago.
The cause of her death was heart failure. She had been in poor health for the last year and had failed rapidly since the death of her husband, just one year ago. The morning she died, Mrs. Jones was feeling unusually well and was sitting up in bed visiting. While a young girl she joined the Christian church and all those years had been a faithful member of the church. The last family gathering, given in honor of her birthday, was held Aug. 14.
She is survived by two daughters Mrs. A. A. Southern of Mingo and Mrs. Roy Weston of Ira, five sons Grover Jones of Shell Lake, Wis., Charles Jones of Centuria, Wisc., Frank Jones of Collins and John Jones of Collins and Zenas Jones of Ira, and also 23 grandchildren, two brothers, James Strickler of Rhodes and Tillman Strickler of Collins, one sister, Mrs. Anna Morrison of Collins and a host of other relatives and friends.
Source: Newton Daily News; Wednesday, September 7, 1927