Faye I. Jones

April 10, 1923 - February 19, 2015

Funeral services for Faye will be held on Monday, February 23, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Farmer Funeral Home in Exeter. Pastor David Bigley will officiate the services. Graveside services will follow the funeral in the Exeter Cemetery. Visitation will begin Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Farmer Funeral Home in Exeter. Memorials are directed to the family for later designation. Faye Irene Jones was born to John Wesley and Elizabeth Minich on April 10, 1923 in Dorchester, Nebraska passed away February 19, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Home in Beatrice, Nebraska, at the age of 91. She was one of 7 children in the family. Faye grew up in the Exeter, Nebraska area and attended country school.She married Donald E. Jones in Portland, Oregon in Feb. of 1941and to them five children were born. Don and Faye lived in many communities in Nebraska following Don’s career as a construction foreman and engineer for Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company. Faye enjoyed and took pride in an organized home. They liked to go dancing and going out to eat. She also enjoyed going camping, crocheting, handy work, playing solitaire, and looking at her doll collection. Over the years she worked at various jobs: as a home care giver, Ben Franklin Store and the Regional Center in Lincoln, and especially at the Blue Valley Community Action Center in Geneva. Faye attended church when she was able and volunteered at the Methodist Church in Geneva. They lived in Beatrice in their later years. Faye was preceded in death by her parents; 3 brothers and 3 sisters; Husband Donald E. Jones; sons Randall Lee Jones and John Martin Jones; 1 grandson and 1 great-grand daughter. She is survived by her daughter Carolyn Barnard and husband Larry Barnard of Beatrice; sons Ronald Jones and wife Sandi of Lincoln and Donald E. Jones Jr. of Lincoln; 5 grand children, 10 great-grand children, and 1 great-great grandson.