Fair Haven, VT Theodocia L. Jones
Theodocia Teddy Lucretia Jones 93, died Saturday evening December 22, 2012 at her home after a period of failing health.
Born July 6, 1919 in Hudson Falls, NY the daughter of the late Eslie and Harriet (Cobb) Jones.
Teddy worked since the age of eight first picking berries and selling them door to door, then skidding logs with her father in Barnard and Perkinsville, then working at the Springfield woolen mill, Slack Shoddy Mill and the Snow White laundry in Springfield, then when her family moved to Castleton she went to work for Foley Laundry Services in 1966 retiring in 2002. She enjoyed candy making, crafts, quilting, sewing, horses and spending time with family and friends telling family history.
She is survived by her sister Laura Barnes, of Windsor and by her nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews.
She was predeceased by her parents, by her sister Luthera Jones and her brother Theodore Jones.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday December 29, 2012 at 11 A.M. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 637 North Shrewsbury Road, Clarendon. President Tom Sawyer, a member of the Montpelier Vermont Stake Presidency, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will officiate.
Family and friends may call at the church from 10 A.M. until the time of the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Rutland County Humane Society at 765 Stevens Road, Pittsford, VT 05763
Arrangements are under the direction of the Ducharme Funeral Home.
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