Joyce Lorraine Jones

Joyce Lorraine Jones, age 87, of Olympia, Washington, died Monday, October 7, 2013 at her home.

A funeral service will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Hull & Hull Chapel. Private interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Donations may be made to Muscular Dystrophy Association at www.mda.org.

Joyce was born in Melvin, Michigan, on Sept, 26, 1926, the third of five children. After graduating from high school she went to business school and worked for the war effort before attending airline training school and working for Northwest Airlines in Minneapolis and Portland. On September 24, 1946 she married Frank E. Dale Jones in Hood River, Oregon. They moved to Grants Pass in 1955, where Joyce worked for the Grants Pass Daily Courier for almost 20 years and was actively involved in real estate.

Joyce enjoyed her garden and won a Mayor’s award for her landscaped yard; she traveled extensively, eventually visiting more than 30 countries. In 2004 she moved to Olympia, Washington.

Joyce is survived by four children; Saundra Crouch of Olympia, Washington, Daniel E. Jones of Eagle Point, Oregon., Laurie D. Jones/Duffy of Corvallis, Oregon, and Bonnie J. Ellis of Reno, Nevada; 11 grandchildren; and 22 great grandchildren.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Frank E. Dale Jones.