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Sheila graduated from J.E.B. Stuart High School in Fairfax, Virginia in 1965 and during the summer worked at the Peace Corps office in Washington DC for the first Director of the Peace Corps- Sergeant Shriver- brother in law of President John F. Kennedy.
Sheila enrolled in Wilkes College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. At Wilkes College she met Palmer P. Jones and after graduation in 1969 they married and would be married for nearly 50 years.
Their first home together was in Plainfield, New Jersey. Sheila was an accountant and worked directly for David O'Conell Chairman and CEO of Avon Cosmetics in New York City.
They moved to Auburn, Maine in 1976. Her son, Palmer David Jones was born in 1977. Her daughter Kathleen Morgan (Jones) Law was born in 1980. In Maine, Sheila bred champion Labrador Retrievers- one puppy was the mother of the seeing eye dog who led their owner safely out of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
The family moved to Concord, New Hampshire in September, 1985. She served on the Concord PTA and volunteered for the Friends of Concord Sailfish swim team. She was a devoted mother who ensured both children were well prepared to succeed.
In 1993 she re-entered the workforce as an accountant and cashier at the New Hampshire State Hospital in Concord. She was loved and respected by the patients and staff alike. She retired in 2008.
Sheila loved being a grandmother to Fiona Rose, Eloise Adams, Huckleberry Palmer and Axel Higgans Law. She also loved making jewelry, going to the beach at Wallis Sands State Park in Rye, New Hampshire, accounting, reading and shopping. She will be missed by her loving family. A memorial will be held in the spring/fall.
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Memories and Condolences
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Denise Morgan
February 21, 2019
Dear Palmer , David & Kathleen ,
I have such great memories of all our times together in Maine and all the times we would watch our children with amazement . I have missed you all and am so sorry I have not seen you for so long . I am so sorry that my wonderful friend Sheila is gone. I really miss talking to her .
Geoffrey Smith
February 20, 2019
Palmer,
I am so sorry hearing about Sheila's passing. I hope you will be keeping up with your rowing once Winter has ended. I am sure that will be a big help for you with healing. My best regards to you and your family.
Geoff
Chuck Provencal
February 19, 2019
So sorry for your loss Palmer. I will keep you, David and Kathleen in my thoughts and prayers.
Linda & Brian Kordas-Duffy
February 18, 2019
Dear Palmer, Kathleen and David, my husband and I remember Sheila so fondly. She helped out when we went to RI for the Saturnalia celebration, or to the Boston's MFA. She was so friendly, helpful, kind and dynamic, that we looked forward to seeing her every time. Memory eternal...
February 17, 2019
May the God of all comfort sustain your family during the days ahead Psalms 119:76
Sheila in Tyson's Corner
February 17, 2019
Sheila on the Rhine
February 17, 2019
Dianne Blodgett
February 16, 2019
I worked with Sheila at NHH for years. She was a wonderful coworker. My thoughts and prayers to the family.
Susan and Craig Curley
February 12, 2019
Palmer, David and Kathleen, we are so very sad to learn of Sheila's passing. I enjoyed getting to know her when we served on the Board for Swim Team. It was always a pleasure when we would run in to Palmer and Sheila around Concord in the years since. We were inspired by the joy with which she would speak of her children and later, of her grandchildren. She will be greatly missed. I know you will keep her spirit alive in you and in her beautiful grandchildren.You and your family are in our prayers.
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