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Nadine (Geisler) Jones

JONES, GEISLER, BLAKELY, HOMRIG, SWANSON, PHILLIPS, GOEPPINGER, PARKER

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 2/13/2007 at 21:23:04

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, February 13, 2007.

Nadine Geisler Jones, 94, child of God, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother entered her heavenly home Friday, Feb. 9. She died peacefully in the Memory Unit of the Eastern Star Home in Boone. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, at Eastern Star Masonic Home Chapel of Boone, with the Rev. Philip Webb officiating. A committal service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at Loring Methodist Church near Maxwell. Burial will follow in Mount Zion Cemetery, next to the church. The Rev. Wilbur "Willy" Morfitt will officiate.

Nadine Geisler Jones was born in Mingo to Anna and Louis Geisler. The family moved to a farm near Steel, N.D., where Nadine graduated from high school. Returning to Iowa, she attended Simpson College and received an associate education degree. She taught school until she and the love of her life, William Jones, were married Dec. 25, 1938.

The first 25 years of marriage were spent on the family farm located south of Maxwell, where Nadine's experiences ranged from helping with the field work to assisting in her husband's law office. Upon moving to Des Moines, she returned to the field of education earning bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from Drake University. Her teaching career placed her in classrooms in Norwalk and West Des Moines.

She was a lady of many abilities, interests and accomplishments. She served as Worthy Matron of the Annie Laurie Eastern Star Chapter in Maxwell, taught Bible study classes and assisted with youth groups in the Loring Church.

Her greatest treasures were her strong faith and her family. She valued elegant simplicity, unaltered truth and loyalty. She loved farm life and making the family traditional Sunday dinners. She always had a great sense of humor and was a great lady.

She is survived by two sisters, Asta Blakely and Verda Homrig, of Des Moines; one brother, Milford Geisler, of Shreveport, La.; four children, Bertha Ann Swanson, of Houston, George Jones, of Maxwell, Ginny Goeppinger, of Boone, and John Jones, of San Diego. She also is survived by four grandchildren, Tauri Phillips, of Des Moines, Chad Jones, of New York, N.Y., Cole Goeppinger, of San Francisco, and Justin Jones, of Independence, Mo.; four great-grandchildren; four step great-grandchildren; and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Jones; one sister, Leta Parker, of Escondito, Calif.; and her brother, Junior Geisler, of Ankeny.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight, with the family present to receive friends at that time, at Schroeder-Walter Funeral Home, Fifth and Story streets of Boone. Visitation will continue from 9 a.m. to the time of service Wednesday morning at Eastern Star Masonic Home Chapel.

Schroeder-Walter Funeral Home, Fifth and Story Streets of Boone is in charge of the arrangements.

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