Teletha Myrne Jones

IN MEMORY OF
T. MYRNE JONES

BORN
April 11, 1915
Primghar, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
July 8, 2006
Sanborn, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
11:00 A.M. Friday
July 14, 2006
Grace Lutheran Church
Primghar, Iowa
Beryl Hicks ~ officiating

CONGREGATIONAL HYMN
“Jesus Is Tenderly Calling”
Organist: Mary Lou Wittrock

CASKET BEARERS
Nina Scott Sara Paul
Eric Eichacker Lisa Casazza
Laurel DeLong Steven Back
Emily Steimel Ben Louden
Dana Jones Michelle Fischer
Ryan Miller Nathaniel Miller
Matthew Jones Patrick Jones
Sherri Wittrock

FINAL RESTING PLACE
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Primghar, Iowa

Arrangements under the care of the
Gaudian~Eldridge Funeral Home

After the graveside service
relatives and friends are invited
to join the family in the
fellowship hall of the church.

T. MYRNE JONES

Teletha Myrne Jones, the daughter of Tosten H. and Alma (Thompson) Strand was born April 11, 1915 on the family farm near Primghar, IA. She spent her youth on the farm in a family of six. Their farm was a popular gathering place for friends and relatives, some as far away as Norway. After graduating from Primghar High School in 1933, she attended I.S.T.C., now the University of Northern Iowa. She was an honor student and a member of the Purple Arrow Society. She taught country school in Center Township for one year. On June 25, 1935, she was united in marriage to Marlin Russell Jones of Paullina at her parent’s home. For a short time after their marriage they lived in Paullina, then Summit Township, before moving to their own farm in Dale Township in 1939. In 1970, they moved to an acreage near Marshalltown, IA, returning to Primghar in 1989. Her husband preceded her in death on March 6, 1998 in Primghar. Myrne lived in her home until becoming a resident at Kuiper Villa in Sanborn, IA. She passed away on July 8, 2006 at the age of 91 years, 2 months and 27 days.
She was a member of the Congregational Church, now the United Church of Primghar. She held various positions in the Women’s Society and church school. She was especially proud of her part in planning the church’s new educational building. Myrne enjoyed the Rosedale Club, being a 4-H leader, Federated Women’s Club and taking various classes through the Extension Service. She was very involved reader all of her life and was a great patron of the Primghar Public Library. Myrne was very family oriented. She was great at preparing for family holidays and events; she entered into activities with great enthusiasm. She was the family research librarian and was bookkeeper for Marlin’s Custom Farming business. In later years, she enjoyed making Teddy Bears for her children and grandchildren.
Myrne is survived by her children, Marilyn Jones of Mt. Vernon, IA; Karen and her husband, Charles Schutt of Sioux Falls, SD; Dorothy and her husband, Gordon Louden of Grinnell, IA; Gary and his wife, Bronlyn Jones of Charles City, IA; Kristine Stoddard of Titonka, IA; and Michael and his wife, Shirley Jones of Primghar, IA; 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren an 1 great-great-grandchild, a brother-in-law, Arthur Brown of Bettendorf, IA; a sister-in-law, Vivien Jones of Paullina, IA; and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a son-in-law, Gale Stoddard; two brothers, Hervey and Shirley Strand; three sisters, Elsie Brown; Eleanor Rasmussen and Arlyce Ransom.


Jesus said,
“In my Father’s house are many rooms;
if it were not so would I have told you
that I go to prepare a place for you?
And when I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come again and will take
you to myself, that where I am you
may be also. And you know the way I
am going.”

“I am the way, and the truth,
and the life;
no one comes to the Father,
but by me.”

“Because I live, you will live also.”

John 14:2-6, 19