Gladys Alene Jones
Longtime Soldotna resident Gladys Alene Jones died Monday, May 15, 2000, at her
home in Soldotna. She was 50.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at
the Church of Nazarene in Soldotna. Pastor Michael Staton will officiate.
Funeral services and burial will be at a future
date at the Rose Hills Mortuary and Memorial Park in Whittier, Calif.
Mrs. Jones was born Dec. 21,1949, in Siloam
Springs, Ark. After moving to California, she graduated from the El Monte High
School in El Monte, Calif. She had moved to Soldotna in May of 1976. She
furthered her education by receiving an associate of arts degree in computer
science from Kenai Peninsula College.
Mrs. Jones was a member of the Church of
Nazarene and the Assembly of God Church, both in Soldotna.
"She was an extraordinary homemaker who enjoyed
gardening, quilting, sewing, computers, traveling and family time," her family
said.
Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband of 31
years, Mike Jones of Soldotna; sons, Mike Jones II and his wife Felicia Jones of
Soldotna and Matt Jones and fiancee Ange Crouse, both of Soldotna; father,
Hubert Duncan of Riverside, Calif.; sisters Donna Melendez of Covina, Calif.,
and Connie Almeida of Riverside, Calif.; and close family friends James and Jody
King of Soldotna, Iver Ohnemus of Cooper Landing, Sharon and Woody Heselius of
Los Angeles, Donna and Paul Rumley of Soldotna, and Mary Zumwalt of Soldotna.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Hospice
of the Central Peninsula, 35477 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 214, Soldotna, AK
99669.
Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel.
Source: Peninsula Clarion, May
17, 2000 |