Betty Jones

Betty E. Jones, 87, Lakeside, died on Sunday, Aug. 16, after a long illness.

She was born May 19, 1922, the daughter of Nellie and Bill Jones. She met Bob Jones in college and married him June 27, 1945.

Her life was filled with love, caring, and accomplishment. Much of her time and energy was focused on helping others.

She was the valedictorian of her high school class and while in high school she worked as a waitress to save money for college.

She reared three daughters, Susan (French) Ball, who taught mathematics at Ohio State; Judy Wiens, the director of human resources at a Nashville law firm; and Sally (Tim) McFadden, a music teacher who received the Nashville Teacher of the Year award and conducts the Nashville Repertory Youth Orchestra at Vanderbilt University; and one son, Bob (Sandy), a physician on the staff of the Cleveland Clinic.

As a Girl Scout leader she planned and supervised extensive summer experiences for her troop including a trip to Mexico.

She was a lay leader for Ridgewood United Methodist Church, in Parma, for 10 years and for the Lakeside United Methodist Church for five years. She developed and operated a parish visitor program at Ridgewood; hosted an American Field Service foreign exchange student from Belgium for one year; she was Parma's community liaison representative for AFS for several years; a trustee for many years at Lakeside Association; helped develop the Senior Venture programs in Lakeside chairing Senior Venture for 12 years, planning programs, field trips and arranging speakers.

She served on the original committee that planned and developed North Shore Retirement Community and was honored to have one of the streets in the community named after her. She was an avid writer and wrote a column for the Peninsula News for five years.

She is survived by her husband, Bob; her three children; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Geraldine Gregg of Boulder, Colo.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Susan Ball; one son-in-law, John Wiens; one brother, William Jones; and one sister, Mary Meyers.

Private family services will be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be given in Betty's memory to Stein Hospice, 1200 Sycamore Line, Sandusky OH 44870; Otterbein North Shore Retirement Community, 9400 Northshore Blvd., Lakeside OH 43440; and Lakeside United Methodist Church, 450 Central Ave., Lakeside OH 43440.

Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.neideckerle veckcrosser.com.

Neidecker, LeVeck and Crosser Funeral Home, Peninsula Chapel, is handling the arrangements.