Elizabeth Jones
Age - 83
November 29, 2023
"Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Stockham was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on June 5, 1940. She grew up on her family's wheat and dairy farm in Lyons, Kansas, where she helped the family by collecting eggs and tending to the chickens. She had a fun and loving childhood, running around the beautiful family land barefoot, climbing trees expertly, and lounging on the large sleeping porch. She was an animal lover, and in addition to her pet pig Rusty, she kept four pet squirrels in the home. She enjoyed playing with her siblings and had a fondness for light troublemaking with them. She and her sister Marie took snow sleds to the top of the slanted chicken house roof and attempted to sled off, miscalculating their adventure, and ended up buried in snow at the bottom of the chicken house. They used their sleds to dig their way out. She and Marie also once found themselves in a race they weren't sure they wanted to be a part of; their brothers Jim and Glenn Jr had coerced them into cardboard barrels in the garage. Once inside, the boys tipped the barrels horizontally and pushed their respective barrel down the sandy driveway. The girls remembered their hands being the only part of their bodies outside of the racing barrels, and how by the end of the race, their beat-up hands were all the evidence their mother needed to put an end to that day's shenanigans. Betty was no stranger to thinking outside the box. As a young woman, she became devoted to sunbathing, going so far as to pull a mattress out onto the top of her home's sleeping porch roof. Back then, she used iodine mixed with baby oil to soak in the sun rays. Betty had a flair for beauty and fashion, and this carried through her entire life. She also had a mind for logistics, and she worked at Lyon's Co-Op as a bookkeeper pertaining to agricultural operations. She attended and graduated from Lyon's High School in 1958. It was here that she would meet the love of her life, Dennis Jones. Betty and Dennis were married on August 13, 1960. This date was always especially meaningful to the couple because they were married on the same day as Betty's sister, Marie, at the same location (Lyon's Methodist Church). Betty wore her sister Jeri's wedding dress. Betty attended Hutchinson Jr. College and took business courses, adding to her repertoire of skills and experiences. She would work at Tulsa Public Schools in the Whitney School cafeteria and as a secretary for Oklahoma Appraisal Company. Her firstborn, a son named Bruce Allen, was born on May 31, 1961. Betty gave birth to her beautiful daughter, Jenifer Lynn Jones, on July 27, 1963. Her son lovingly remembers her as a very family-oriented mother, who had a deep sense of humor and acceptance. There was the time that, as a child, Bruce brought home snakes and dumped them onto a bed- Betty did not scream but calmly talked through the matter with him. He also remembers fondly how she accepted his long hairstyle during a time when most mothers wouldn't. In addition to loving her family, her other passions included antiquing and bird watching. Betty passed away peacefully at the Porta Caeli House at Catholic Charities on November 23, 2023. She is survived by her husband Dennis Jones (aged 84), son Bruce Allen Jones (62), daughter in law Debbra Jones (61); her sisters Rosalie Ayers, Jeri Myerley, and Marie Wilbur; her grandchildren Stephanie and Tommy Branch, Cassie Jones, Tracy and Nick Davis, Devon Shell, and David and Eva Culp; and her great-grandchildren Ben Weindorf, Bram Culp, Charlotte and William Davis. She is preceded in death by her daughter Jenifer Lynn Jones, her niece Julie Wilbur, her father Glenn Stockham, her mother Violet Stockham, and her brothers Glenn Stockham Jr. and Jim Stockham. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Porta Caeli House @ https://portacaeli. org/ or American Cancer Society @ https://www. cancer. org/ Celebration of Life Service will be at 3:00 PM, Friday, December 1, 2023, at Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel. To view the service via webcasting use the link below: https://webcast. funeralvue. com/events/viewer/94937/hash:2E4F123AB0BE0E96"Show more
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