Mary F. Jones Obit

Danville Commercial News Sept. 27, 1976
Miss Mary F. Jones

Miss Mary F. Jones, 88, of 1221 N. Grant, died at 6:15 this morning (Sept. 27, 1976) at the Americana Nursing Home, where she had been a patient two weeks. She previously had been a patient at Lakeview Medical Center and had been in failing health the past year.
Miss Jones was a member of Catlin Church of Christ. Her hobbies were baking and raising flowers.
Born Feb. 4, 1888 in a log cabin north of Catlin, she was a daughter of Benjamin M. and Sarah Ann Thornton Jones. She attended Hazel Grove School, northeast of Catlin.
For the past 10 years she resided with her niece, Mrs. Wilbur (Margaret L.) Griffith, whom she reared.
Also surviving are five great-nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by four brothers, including Wilbur Jones, a deputy county clerk at the Vermilion Courthouse for many years.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Pape Memorial Home with Nelson Scott officiating. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Catlin. Visitation will be from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.