Linda Lou (Nelson) Coen Jones (2012)

COEN, JONES, MCDONALD, MEISTER, MOFFET, NELSON

Posted By: Shirley Keating
Date: 2/2/2012 at 22:27:11

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

LINDA JONES, PROLE

Linda Jones, 64, of Prole died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, in Madison County.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, at the St. Patrick Irish Settlement Church near Cumming. A visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, where family will be present to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in the Montpelier Cemetery, near Patterson. Memorials may be made to Hospice of South Central Iowa out of Osceola.

Linda Lou Nelson was born May 3, 1947, in Lake City, Iowa; the daughter of Charles and Anna (Meister) Nelson. She was married to Jim Coen for 10 years until his death. She later married Larry Jones on June 26, 1996, in the Winterset City Park. Linda worked with the First Class Credit Union (formerly First Iowa) as a loan officer for 38 years, retiring just last year. She continued to work with the credit union even in retirement helping to organize tours sponsored by them. Linda was a member of St. Patrick Irish Settlement Church where she often volunteered her time in many ways. She volunteered at the Des Moines Playhouse and at Hoyt Sherman Place. She was also a member of the American Business Women’s Association.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Jim Coen and two half brothers, Don and Duane Nelson.

Linda is survived by her husband, Larry of Prole; her daughter, Katie Coen of Ames; three step children, Danny Jones of New Virginia; Elizabeth McDonald and Julia McDonald, both of Des Moines. She is also survived by five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Karen Moffet of Ft. Dodge and a brother, Darold Nelson of Devine, Texas.
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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 1, 2011

TWO PERISH IN ICE FISHING INCIDENT

A rural Madison County woman and a family friend from Polk County apparently fell through thin ice while ice fishing on the family pond Monday and drowned. 

Authorities say 80-year-old George Washington Pierce and 64-year-old Linda Lou Jones were ice fishing on the Joneses’ rural Prole farm north of Bevington Monday. 

The couple was fishing just off shore in about eight feet of water. 

Authorities say Pierce last talked to a family member shortly after 1 p.m. Monday. 

When Larry Jones got home later that afternoon, he realized his wife was not home. He started checking and noticed a hole in the ice. He called another friend, who subsequently summoned authorities to the scene shortly after 6:30 p.m.

The incident happened on a farm pond in Section 17 of Crawford Township just off 183rd Lane.

What was hoped to be a rescue effort quickly turned into a recovery effort. Authorities were able to recover both bodies.

Officials say the circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear and it's unknown whether one or both initially went through the ice, and into the icy water.

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