Ellen G. Jones 1913 to May 11, 2013

Ellen G. Jones
Former Blue Hill resident, Ellen G. Jones passed away May 11, 2013, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the age of 100 years and four months. She was born January 11, 1913, in Red Cloud to George and Della Morrison Corner.  She lived all but the last six years of her life in and around the community of Blue Hill.  She graduated from Blue Hill High school in 1931 and attended both Hastings College and the University of Nebraska.
After attending College she taught in a one-room country school south of Blue Hill.  The school building in which she taught is now located in the Blue Hill City park.  She enjoyed revisiting that building several years ago and talking with grade school children about her experiences in that school and what teaching and learning were like in Rural schools of an earlier day.
On October 24, 1936, she married Pierce C Jones, an accountant in her father's family business, someone she first met when they were grade school music students taking lessons from the same teacher.  This marriage lasted for almost 57 years until his death in 1993.
She was active in business and community affairs for all but the last few years of her life.  She worked in the office of Corner's Service, the family Ford dealership and gasoline distribution business, and at the Service Center, another of the family enterprises.
In subsequent years, she opened a florist shop that served the needs of Blue Hill and surrounding communities for many years.  She also sold World Book Encyclopedias and Childcraft books.  Before retiring to a country home, she became a licensed nursing home administrator and served as the administrator at the Bethesda-owned nursing home in Edgar.
Her community involvement included leadership positions in the Blue Hill Parent Teachers Association, The Girl Scouts of America, where she served not only as a local troop leader but also as a director of the We-So-Braska Council 9 a role that led to her involvement at the national level), Leader of a local 4_H club, and in the Blue Hill Methodist church.  She volunteered at the Webster County Hospital and was a member of the Chapter W.PEO in Blue Hill for more than 75 years.
In addition to her numerous activities she took particular pleasure in gardening, traveling, and in renovating and redecorating several older hoes that became wonderful homes to which members of the family returned from scattered parts of the country for good times and good memories.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and her brother, James Corner.
She is survived by her son, Dennis Jones ( wife Betti); daughter Mary Ellen Moore (husband John Balog); grand children, Douglas Jones and Daniel Jones ( wife Lisa) Krista Capp (husband Kevin) and Melissa Hoyt ( husband Murry);  great grand children Riley Capp, Ethan Capp and Brooks Hoyt; sister-in-law, Alice Corner; and numerous nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
Services were held Friday, May 24, 2013, 10:30 a.m. at the Blue Hill United Methodist Church, Blue Hill, Nebraska, with Rev. Steven Marsh and Rev. Baldeo Singh officiating. Burial was at Oak Creek Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers donation can be made to the Blue Hill Methodist Church.  It is the family's intent that the funds be used for scholarships or other educational purposes.