Ida Mary Villao

Ida Mary Jones Villao – 77 of Pendleton, Oregon, died on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Washington, surrounded by her family. Funeral Services will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at Burns Mortuary Chapel in Pendleton, followed by burial at Olney Cemetery. Sign the online guestbook and send condolences at www.burnsmortuary.com Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Ida was born on February 8, 1933 in Reeds Spring, Missouri, to Claude Henry Jones and Edith Nora Price. Ida was one of twelve children. Her siblings are: Annie Jones (Lovelace), Clyde Jones (Maggie Brittle), Leroy Jones (Ovella Brown), Eva Jones (Dick Barwick), Helen Jones (Les Smith), Faith “Fay” Jones (Sydney Allen), Claudie Jones, Jewel Jones (Thomas “Jeff” Hazelton), Hettie Jones, Nancy Jones (Browning) and Everett Jones. Ida’s children are: Donna Price (Rollie Romp), Dorothy Price (James Ryckman), Debbie Price (David Johnson), Diane Price (Rudy Golbinec), Denise Price, Darrell Price and Russell Doescher (Susan French). Ida chose to join her parents Claude and Edith Jones, when they moved to Pendleton, Oregon from Reeds Spring, Missouri in 1958. She was often employed as a waitress before joining the staff at Eastern State Hospital in Pendleton. Ida loved to fish and travel to the coast to catch salmon. In her younger years, Ida loved to dance and socialize. Ida enjoyed attending sermons at the Pendleton Baptist Church, and really enjoyed conversing with Pastor Bill Griggs. She also enjoyed having lunch at the Senior Citizens Center. But most of all, Ida loved to spend time with her husband Joseph, and her children and grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband Joseph Villao, her siblings; Annie, Clyde, Leroy, Helen, Faith, Faith, Claudie, Jewel, Hettie and Nancy, her parents Claude and Edith Jones, and her son-in-law Rudolph R. Golbinec. Ida is survived by her children; Donna, Dorothy, Debbie, Diane, Denise, Darrell and Russell, her siblings; Eva, Helen, and Everett, as wekk as twenty-three grandchildren, thirty-one great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.