Lucile Jones

TORRINGTON, WYOMING...........Funeral services for LUCILE M. JONES, 90, will be held at 2pm Thursday, August 20, 2009 at the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church with Reverend Curtis Hill officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Lucile died August 15, 2009 at the Mitchell Care Center in Mitchell, Nebraska. A memorial has been established to the Church Building Fund. Visitation will be Wednesday from 3pm to 7pm and the casket will be open briefly prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Lucile was born March 24, 1919 on a farm near Hydro, Oklahoma the daughter of Roy and Nelly (Rockhold) Pitzer. She grew up and attended Cedar School through the 8th grade and graduated high school in Hydro. She attended Southwestern Teachers College in Weatherford, Oklahoma for one year and then went to work in Tulsa, Oklahoma as a nanny and housekeeper and continued her schooling. She married Marvin Jones her boyfriend since age five on June 21, 1942 in the Pastor’s home near Hydro. They lived in Lawton, Oklahoma where their daughter Patty was born and Marvin started his military career. When Marvin went overseas she and her daughter lived with her parents. In the mid 1940's she and Marvin moved to Wyoming and later settled in Torrington, Wyoming where their daughter Kathy and son Kelly were born. They owned and operated the Jones Drilling Company. She was very active in the Presbyterian Church and the Gleaner’s Union 4-H Club. In January of 2009 they moved to the Mitchell Care Center. Lucile knitted and crocheted afghans and her and Marvin loved to dance and did so at least once a week even into their 80's. She was a member of the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church where she served as an elder. Lucile is survived by her husband Marvin of Mitchell, Nebraska; daughters Patty Wood and her husband Cliff of Torrington, Wyoming and Kathy Schaneman and her husband Floyd of Laramie, Wyoming; son Kelly Jones of Torrington; brother Vernard Pitzer of Lake Charles, Louisiana; grandchildren Jacque (Todd) Seiffert, Dana Gregory, Kari Cameron, Robin (Kevin) Teske, Tony (Sabrina) Schaneman, Matt Schaneman, and Heather (Garett) MacDougall; fifteen great grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers Ralph and Frank; two granddaughters Shelly Clemens and Holly Christine Jones; and one great grandson Christopher Martinez.

Lucile Jones

March 24, 1919 - August 15, 2009