Marie Yvette Jones, 84, of Jones Road, Moretown died peacefully with her family present, at Central Vermont Medical Center on August 20, 2014. She has been a resident at the Berlin Health & ReHab Center for several years. Marie was born October 10, 1929 in Montpelier, the daughter of Henry and Anna (Bessette) Mandeville. She was educated in the Montpelier School system and attended Vermont Police Academy.
Marie married Douglas L. Jones, Sr. on July 16, 1955. Mr. Jones died May 21, 2008.
Marie worked at Norwich University in the Bursar's Office, for the Boy Scouts of America, Vermont Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Montpelier Police Department as a dispatcher, National Life Insurance Company, State of Vermont and several years with Washington County Sheriff's Office as a deputy sheriff.
Marie was a devoted mother and grandmother. An avid outdoors person, Marie loved hunting and fishing. She liked to play the guitar and loved to play bingo.
She is survived by three daughters: Sandra M. (Jones) Nemeskay and husband Emory of North Stonington, CT; Sheryl A. (Jones) Barrows and husband Mitchell of Moretown, and Lynn E. (Jones) Joslin and husband Jason of Berlin; two sons, Douglas L. Jones, Jr. and wife Connie of Arizona and Lawrence E. Jones and wife Penelope of Moretown; one granddaughter, Morgan Joslin and three grandsons, Hayden Jones, Shawn Isham and Reginald Bragg, Jr.; sister, Marguerite Jones of Montpelier.
There will be no callings hours and at Marie's request there will be no funeral service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Berlin Health & ReHab Center, Patient Activities Fund, 98 Hospitality Drive, Barre, VT 06641.
Online condolences may be sent to www.guareandsons.com.