Vivian Jones, 89, died of natural causes at Marquis Care at Plum Ridge on July 3.
She was born on Aug. 20, 1919, in Brewster, Wash., to Grover Cleveland and Zenith (Basuits) Curtis.
She married Alonzo John Jones on Dec. 11, 1939, in Payette, Idaho. They moved to Klamath Falls from Burns in 1952.
Jones was a homemaker and she enjoyed playing the piano, knitting, crocheting and working in her yard and with her flowers. She is survived by her sons, Carl Jones and his wife Teresa of Silver Lake and Alonzo Grover Jones of Sprague River; grandchildren, Chris Jones of Sunriver, Angela Droescher and her husband, Dave of Medford, and Alonzo Carl Jones of Manhattan, Kan., Jordan Droescher of Medford and Geoffrey Jones of Manhattan; sister and brother-in-law, Marie Kirk and her husband, Jack of Brewster; and brothers and sister-in-law, Dutch Starzman of Moses Lake, Wash., Ralph Starzman of Stevensville, Mont., and Harland and Faye Jones of Ontario.
In addition to her parents Grover Cleveland and Zenith (Basuits) Curtis, she was preceded in death by her husband, Alonzo John Jones; three brothers, Lowell, Robert “Bob” and Howard Curtis; and three sisters, Audry Hansen, Zatalda Whitley and Ruthy Starzman.
Funeral services for Jones were held at the chapel of Ward’s Klamath Funeral Home, 1945 Main St., on July 16 with Duane “Dewey” Bodker officiating. Concluding services followed at Klamath Memorial Park.
Ward’s Klamath Funeral Home 541-882-4404 was in charge of the arrangements.
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