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Bertha E. Jones, 86, a former Lavelle resident, passed away Monday at the Mountain View Nursing Center, Coal Township.
Born in Lavelle, Sept. 2, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Herman and Lilian Pennypacker Reichwein.
She was a graduate of the former Ashland High School, Class of 1950. Bertha was a very caring and loving woman, she cared for 27 infants as a foster mother. She was a member of the former St. Mauritius Catholic Church, now St. Charles Barromeo Roman Catholic Church, Ashland.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Edward L. Jones, passing December 2009; brothers, Lawrence, Alvin, Fredrick and Arthur Reichwein; sisters, Jean Horan and Carolyn Howard.
Survivors include a daughter, Theresa. wife of Michael Yakubik, Wilburton; sons, Terrence Jones and his companion, Patricia LaClair, Annville, Thomas Jones and his wife, Susan, Fountain Springs; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; nieces and nephews
Private funeral and burial services will be held in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Visit www.Fritzfuneralhome.com. Richard W. Fritz Funeral Home, Ashland, is in charge of funeral arrangements.
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