Marilyn Jean Jones

Memorial services for MARILYN JEAN JONES, 88, will be held at 2pm Friday, April 14, 2023 at the Lingle Presbyterian Church with Reverend Curtis Hill officiating. Burial of ashes will take place in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Lingle. Jean died March 30, 2023 at Community Hospital in Torrington, Wyoming. Those who wish to remember Jean in a special way may make gifts in her memory to the Lingle Fire and Rescue. Arrangements are by the Colyer Funeral Home and condolences may be sent to www.colyerfuneralhome.com.
Jean was born August 25, 1934 in Torrington, Wyoming the daughter of Jacob and Anna (Greenwald) Hill. She graduated from the Lingle High School in 1952. Following graduation she attended the University of Wyoming for one year. She married the love of her life, Darley Jones on November 29, 1953. They settled down to farm in the Lingle area. They celebrated sixty years of marriage before Darley passed away on September 12, 2014.
Jean was a long-time member of the Lingle Presbyterian Church, where she spent many years as choir director and organ/piano player. She sang at hundreds of weddings and funerals through the years. Jean loved bowling and gardening. As a wife and mother she was always busy caring for the family household. She and Darley kept busy attending their grandchildren's activities.
Jean is survived by her two children, Darrell (Mary) Jones of Lingle and Deana (Ron) Derr of Torrington; five grandchildren, Meralyn Larson, Andrew (Tiffany) Gardner, Jacob (Angie) Gardner, Nicholas Jones and Noelle (Daniel) Yonkee; six great grandchildren, Denali and Oaklee Yonkee, Mattie Beers, Devlin Larson, Blake Gardner and Gage Klipstine; her sister Ruthann Hansen; and her brother-in-law Jimmie Keller. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and her sister Dottie Keller.