Katherine Minnie Jones

Katherine M. Jones, 81, formerly of Fond du Lac and most recently a resident of Main Street Quarters in Oregon, Wisconsin, was taken home by the Lord on Friday, March 9, 2007, after a battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born on March 13, 1925, in New London, a daughter of John and Rachel Khoury Soffa.On October 10, 1953, she married Robert O. Jones.After getting her nursing degree from St. Agnes in Fond du Lac, Katherine put it to use serving our soldiers in Veteran Administration hospitals in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Van Nuys, CA. It was this service she enjoyed most in helping those brave young men back to health. Katherine later served as a nurse at St. Agnes before moving to Kalamazoo, MI, where she also nursed at Borgess Hospital. She then spent the remaining years of her nursing career in private practice, also in Kalamazoo. She spent her retirement years with her husband, Robert, in Waupun and Fond du Lac. Katherine loved to travel with her husband and do all the reading she could, especially good mysteries. She was also an excellent seamstress and had a quiet, steady faith that was passed on to her children. Shortly after his passing on June 14, 1999, she moved to Oregon, WI, to be closer to her daughter and lived the last four years at Main Street Quarters Assisted Living. The loving staff there enjoyed the company and camaraderie of this ex-nurse who always joked with them and never let them forget that she could do all the things they were doing for her, only better. Katherine lived life with zest, never settling for doing things quietly, which included her cheering on her beloved Packers as loudly and proudly as she could. Her sense of humor was infectious which always kept getting her through life’s challenges with perspective, not to mention a sore gut from laughing too much. Of all the things that Katherine enjoyed most in life, nothing topped the love she had for her children and family life as a whole. She was devoted to their enjoying life and reaching their full potential, always letting them know that there was nothing they could not accomplish. She is survived by three children: Scott (Elizabeth) Jones of Barron, Wisconsin, Jeff Jones of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Julie (Thomas) Pietras of Oregon, Wisconsin. She treated her daughters-in-law and son-in-law as if they were her own, welcoming them into the family instantly without question. She is further survived by many nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert Jones; two sisters: Emmeline (Edwin) Waldsmith and Rose (William) Baldwin; a brother, Jobe (Marquerite) Soffa; a daughter-in-law, Sue Jones.A memorial mass will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2007, at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 51 W. Division Street, Fond du Lac, with The Very Rev. Theodore H. McConnell, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Cathedral Courtyard Columbarium. The family will greet friends and relatives on Saturday at the Cathedral from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. Memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., F1 17, Chicago, IL 60601-7633, or by phone at 800-272-3900.

Katherine Minnie Jones

March 13, 1925 - March 9, 2007