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June Jones
JUNE ELLA (NELSON) JONES
Cedar Rapids
June Ella (Nelson) Jones passed away Jan. 21, 2022, at Crestridge Care Center in Maquoketa, Iowa. She was 90.
June was born in 1931 in Brady, Neb., the daughter of Nora Frances (Waltermire) Nelson and Henry Nelson. June attended school in Brady and College View School in Lincoln, Neb., and earned her High School Equivalency Certificate from the state of Iowa in 1971. She married Donald (Sam) Elroy Jones on July 26, 1952, in Lincoln, and the family lived in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Dayton, Ohio, before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1964, where June worked for Cherry-Burrell, Collins Radio and Jones Parking Co. before retiring. June enjoyed gardening, cooking and garage sales.
June is survived by her sister, Della Frances Gloe; three sons, Donald (Cindy) Jones, Thomas (Marie) Jones and Steven (Lisa) Jones; five grandchildren, Michael (Mistie), Christina, Abby, Allison (Brent) and Katie (Jayden); and five great-grandchildren, Christopher, Matthew, Shelby, Lucy and Carter.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her brother, Dale H. Nelson.
A private interment will be held at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Cedar Rapids on Jan. 27 and a Celebration of Life for family and friends will be held at a date yet to be decided. The family requests in lieu of flowers memorials be sent to Hospice of Jackson County, 611 W. Quarry St., Maquoketa, IA 52060.
"Among the angels burning terms of love,
"None so devotional as that of 'Mother.'"
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