November 29, 1929

September 5, 2002

     Helen Jones, 72, of 9 Bunker Hill Road, Stevens, Lancaster County, died unexpectedly Thursday morning at 9:00 AM in her residence.  She had been under a doctor’s care.  Born in Conshohocken, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Mary (Rapchuck) Baron, and was the wife of John F. Jones for 51 years on February 23^rd.  Helen was a member of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Ephrata.  She was a 1947 graduate of Upper Merion High School, Upper Merion, PA.   Jones retired in 1988 after 17 years of employment as a secretary with Dutch Peddler/Mt. Bethany Co., Inc./Bavaria Ltd., Reamstown.  Earlier she worked for James Lee Mills, Bridgeport, PA.  She enjoyed gardening, decorating, jigsaw puzzles and family gatherings.     Surviving in addition to her husband are 5 children, Deborah M. (Jones), married to Kenneth L. Eshleman, Stevens, PA; Cynthia J. (Jones), married to Stanley R. Staneski, Denver, PA; Sandra H. (Jones), married to Tony C. Leed, Denver, PA; Melissa A. Jones, at home; and Timothy F., married to Yong O. Jones, Dover, PA; 8 grandchildren; 2 great-granddaughters; 2 step-grandchildren; a step-great-grandson; and 2 sisters, Mary Shamber and Katherine Guercia, both of Philadelphia, PA.

Helen's viewing will be held from our parlors on Monday evening, September 9, 2002, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated from her church, Our Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 320 Church Avenue, Ephrata, PA, on Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM.  The casket will be open for viewing at the church prior to the Mass.

Entombment will follow the Mass in the Memory Gardens Mausoleum, East Cocalico Township, PA.

Tributes...

From Richard & Gail Jones, Edgewater, FL:  "This is a wonderful way for a such tribute to our lovely sister-in-law to be made.  In life she was as wonderful as our memory of her will be."