JoEllen Jones

JoEllen Baldwin Jones, 58, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 24, 2010, at her home of a brain tumor. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

JoEllen was born Oct. 21, 1951, in Logan, Utah, to William Bartlett Albretsen Baldwin and JoAnn Kellett Baldwin. She graduated from Maconaquah High School in Bunker Hill, Ind. She attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and obtained a bachelor's degree in special education from Utah State University in Logan, Utah.

She married Wayne Burton Jones in August 1973 in Utah. They were later divorced. JoEllen lived in Bountiful, Utah, for 10 years before moving to Idaho Falls, where she has lived for the past 16 years. She worked as the vice president of Medicaid Services at the Development Workshop.

JoEllen was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother who loved cooking, scrapbooking and traveling.

Survivors include her daughter, Melissa Ann (David) Cox of Idaho Falls; sons, Michael Wayne (Laura) Jones and William Benjamin Jones, both of Idaho Falls; brothers, Kelly Baldwin, Bryan Baldwin and Patrick Baldwin; sister, Marci Ann Anderson; and five grandchildren, Jaisalyn and Wyatt Jones and Braylen, Porter and Jordyn Jo Cox. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 1, at the Idaho Falls LDS Pioneer Ward, 2020 S. Charlotte Drive in Idaho Falls, with Bishop Todd Shepherd officiating. The family will visit with friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge, and from 10 am. to 10:45 a.m. Thursday prior to the services at the church. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 1, in Wellsville City Cemetery, Wellsville, Utah. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.woodfuneralhome.com.