- Interment: 11 May 2000 Springfield Memorial Gardens, Springfield , Lane Co., OR
Obituary: Register Guard Eugene Lane Co. OR: May 10, 2000 A graveside service will be held May 11 for Dorothy E. Jones of Springfield, who died May 7 of age-related causes. She was 79. She was born Feb. 19, 1921, in Woodlake, CA., to Lorney and Rella Harpole Payne. She married Leonard Jones in Marysville, CA. on Dec. 19, 1940. He died April 6, 1999. In 1940, she graduated from Woodlake High School. She lived in various cities in CA. before moving to Springfield in 1976. Jones was a homemaker. She liked making toys for hospitalized children and enjoyed volunteer work. She was an Order of the Eastern Star Royal Matron, High Priestess of White Shrine and served as chairwoman of her PTA. Jones also lectured at the grange. Survivors include three sons, Laurence of Springfield, Edward of Las Vegas,and Harold; a brother, Ernest Payne of Lake Elsinore, CA.; eight grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. Thursday's service will be at 11 a.m. at Springfield Memorial Gardens. Springfield Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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