Grace Pauline Jones, 85, 309 Willow St., Thornton, Iowa, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008 at her home.  A funeral Mass was held Monday, Jan. 21, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Clear Lake with Rev. John R. Tilp officiating.  Interment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery.  Memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa.
     Grace was born Oct. 23, 1922 in New Richland, Minn., the daughter of Peter and Justine (Weber) Weydert.  She graduated from Presentation Academy, Whittemore, Iowa in 1939.  She worked in Ft. Dodge as a cashier for the movie theater.  Grace married Joseph F. Jones on Aug. 24, 1943 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Clear Lake.  They farmed in the Emmetsburg, Iowa area before moving to Clear Lake in 1944.   They lived several places, including Arizona, Mason City, Rockwell and Fertile, Iowa before moving back to Clear Lake in 1962. In 1979 they moved to Thornton.
     Grace enjoyed spending winters in Apache Junction, Az.  She worked at the Mirror Reporter and the Globe Gazette in advertising.  She was very involved in church.  Grace sang with the Keynotes, loved to play bingo and dance.  She enjoyed arts and crafts, growing flowers and walking.   She was very active in the democratic party. She taught CCD, sang in the choir and was a lector for church.  She was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and was active in the ACCD – women’s Catholic group.
     Grace is survived by her husband, Joseph Jones, Thornton; two daughters, Judy Veselis and her husband, Robert, Thornton, and Nikki Cook and her husband, Dennis, Thornton; three grandchildren, Chad Cook and his wife, Lisa, Lori Cook-Thomas and her husband, Prentice and Scot Cook and his wife, Jill; six great-grandchildren, Steven Cook, Suzanne Cook, Jayson Cook, Collin Cook, Joshua Henley and Sophia Cook; three sisters, Pauline Quinn, Evansville, Minn., Barbara Haliday and her husband, Bill, Osage, Iowa and Jacqueline Quinn and her husband, Francis, Ventura; and one brother, Simon Weydert and his wife, Phyllis, Rockwell, Iowa.
     Grace was preceded in death by her parents; two daughters, Peggy Ann and Suzanne Jones; and a brother, Marvin Weydert.
    Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.