Lois M. Jones, 93, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 9:19 am, Saturday, August 17, 2019, at Wellbrooke of Wabash. She was born August 3, 1926, in Wabash, to Raymond and Mabel (Renner) Launder.
Lois was a 1944 graduate of Wabash High School, attended Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio, and Business School in Toledo, Ohio. She married Clifford R. Jones at the Wabash Presbyterian Church on May 18, 1946; he died August 1, 2007. She worked 2 years at American Rock Wool, as a switchboard operator. Lois was a member of the Wabash Presbyterian Church, Tri Kappa, the Womans Clubhouse Association, the Symposium Book Club, the Hospital Auxiliary, and the Wabash Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed playing bridge, playing cards, and working crossword puzzles. Lois was a loving professional mom.
She is survived by three children, Ronald (Nancy) Jones of Punta Gorda, Florida, Judy (Dan) Risk and Nancy (Richard) Fisher, both of Wabash, five grandchildren, Leslie (Joe) Cohen of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Jennifer (Paul) Sacree of Sydney, Australia, Kate (Mike) Shocklee of Fishers, Indiana, Matthew (Hillary) Risk of Noblesville, Indiana, and Christy (Troy) Andrews of Somerset, Indiana, seven great-grandchildren, Samuel Cohen and Jacob Cohen, both of Fort Wayne, Cooper Shocklee and Hudson Shocklee, both of Fishers, Rowynn Andrews and Josey Andrews, both of Somerset, and Harper Edin Sacree of Sydney, Australia, and her sister, Linda Bryant of Venice, Florida. She was also preceded in death by her parents, and her brother, Mark Launder.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am Friday, August 23, 2019, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Rev. Jonathan Cornell officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 5-7pm Thursday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Wabash Presbyterian Church.
The memorial guest book for Lois may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.