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Irene Dorothy Jones
Born: March 9th, 1930
Died: August 9th, 2021
Obituary
Irene Dorothy Jones, 91, of Fort Madison, died at 8:07 AM Monday, August 9, 2021, at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center.
Born March 9, 1930, at her home in West Point, IA, she was the daughter of Aloysius "Al" Herman and Anna Barbara Sporer Wellman. On June 26, 1956, she married Robert A. Jones at the Hancock County Courthouse in Carthage, IL. He passed on November 5, 2011.
She attended school at Denmark High School and graduated from St. Mary's School in West Point in 1949.
Irene worked at the Mental Health Institute in Mt. Pleasant and was a homemaker.
She attended St. Joseph's Church. She is remembered as being a very generous person. In her spare time, she enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, reading (especially adventure novels), and magazines such as "Good Ol Day Reminisce", playing BINGO and dominos. She had a talent for art and made many beautiful drawings. She also liked to garden and prayed the rosary every day. Her greatest joy in life was her family.
Survivors include her sisters, Theresa Wanda Croswhite of Mexico, Missouri, Shirley Ann Asby of Alburnett, IA, and Marilyn J. Wellman-Zimmerman of St. Joseph, MO; and several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank their special cousin, Mary Dawson for all of her compassion and care over the years.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, son, Robert A. Jones Jr., brothers, Thomas J., Mark J., and David A. Wellman.
The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM Thursday, August 12, 2021 at Prugh~Thielen Funeral Home.
The Funeral Service for Mrs. Jones will be 2:00 PM Thursday, August 12, 2021, at Prugh~Thielen Funeral Home. Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery.
The family requests that those wishing to leave memorials donate to their favorite charity in Irene's memory.