Jones, Donna Mildred(Goodwin)

Name: Jones, Donna Mildred (Goodwin)
Burial Date: 2014, 09/30
Age at Death: 80
Plot Location: 707 F
Notes: wife of Gerald Nellson, Sr.

Donna M. Jones (Goodwin)

STERLING – Donna M. Jones, 80, died Sept. 25, 2014, at Rice County District Hospital, Lyons. She was born Oct. 12, 1933, in Oklahoma City, the daughter of Vinnie and Mildred Wright Goodwin.

 An Ellinwood, Alden and Sterling area resident since 1948, Donna worked as a Laboratory Technologist in Sterling, Lyons and Hutchinson. She graduated from Sterling High School in 1951, received her Chemistry degree from Sterling College in 1969 and received her Technologist Certification from St. Elizabeth Hospital of Hutchinson in 1970. She attended the Baptist Church and was a member of the NRA. On April 1, 1953, she married Gerald N. Jones in Sterling. Survivors include: her husband, Gerald, of the home; son, Clifford and Tammy Jones of Sterling; two daughters, Kerri and Carl Vagts of Sterling, Colleen and Bob Bisterfeldt of La Crosse; brother, V.G. “Jerry” and Teri Goodwin of Peoria, Ariz.; sister-in-law, Sadie Goodwin of Sterling; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Terry Goodwin; and son, Gerald Nelson Jones Jr.

Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling, with Reverend Kendal Connor officiating. Burial will be in Sterling Community Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling. Memorials may be made to Rice County Friends of Animals or the American Heart Association, in care of the funeral home.

DATELINE: Sterling, Kansas
NAME:  Donna M. Jones
AGE:    80 yrs
DATE OF DEATH: September 25, 2014
PLACE OF DEATH: Rice County District Hospital, Lyons
DATE OF BIRTH: October 12, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH: Oklahoma City
PARENTS:  Vinnie and Mildred Wright Goodwin
RESIDENCE:  Ellinwood, Alden, Sterling area since 1948
OCCUPATION:  Laboratory Technologist at Sterling, Lyons and Hutchinson
EDUCATION:  Graduated Sterling High School in 1951; Received her Chemistry degree
from Sterling College in 1969; Technologist Certification from St. Elizabeth Hospital, Hutchinson in 1970
MEMBERSHIPS: attended the Baptist Church; member of the NRA
DATE OF MARRIAGE: April 1, 1953
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Sterling
SPOUSE: Gerald N. Jones
SURVIVORS:  Husband, Gerald of the home; Son, Clifford & Tammy Jones, Sterling;
2 Daughters, Kerri & Carl Vagts, Sterling, Colleen & Bob Bisterfeldt, LaCrosse; Brother, V.G. “Jerry” & Teri Goodwin, Peoria, Arizona; Sister-in-law, Sadie Goodwin, Sterling;
4 Grandchildren; 5 Great-Grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Parents; Brother, Terry Goodwin; Son, Gerald Nelson Jones Jr.
FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling
OFFICIATING:  Rev. Kendal Connor
BURIAL: Sterling Community Cemetery, Sterling
VISITAION: 2:00 to 7:00 P.M., Monday, September 29, 2014 at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling
MEMORIALS: Rice County Friends of Animals or American Heart Association, care of the funeral home.