MEDWAY and EAST MILLINOCKET – Helen “Josie” Josephine (Thompson) Jones, 82 years 9 months, went home to be with the Lord to be reunited with her parents, Byron and Ruby Thompson and others of her family, Oct. 18, 2004, at a Lincoln hospital. Josie served as assistant superintendent of the Bible School at the East Millinocket Church of the Nazarene, where she also served as secretary-treasurer. She had a great and wonderful faith and she dearly loved the church. She is survived by her husband of 61 1/2 years, Raymond Jones; sisters, Isabell and her husband, George Walsh, of Hermon and Ersul Chasse of Millinocket; brothers, Byron Thompson and his wife, Melissa, of Ontario, Canada and Wallace Thompson of Bellingham, Wash.; grandsons, Graylin Jones and his wife, Arlene; and great-grandchildren, Joseph and Clarisa of Granite Falls, Wash.; and Russell Schneider and his wife, Mindy and great-granddaughter, Sydnee of Layton, Utah; brothers-in-law, Edward Jones and his wife, Virginia, of Medway and Albert Jones of Lenoir, N.C.; many, many nieces, nephews and loving friends. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a daughter, Edith and her husband, Donald “Duke” Schneider; and granddaughter, Jolene; sisters, Gladys Davis, Eula Thompson and Celia Powers; and brothers, Ronald, Rubin, Hilton, Norman, Leslie and Nolan Thompson. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday, at the Clay Funeral Home, 7 Lee Road, Lincoln. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday at the East Millinocket Church of the Nazarene, with the Rev. Allen Archer officiating. Interment will be in Grindstone Road Cemetery, Medway. For an online register book, please visit www.clayfuneralhome.com.
HELEN ‘JOSIE’ JONES
