Verginia Jones
Verginina Mae Jones was born on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, at the Heron Lake Hospital to Melvin and Vernitta (Natterstad) Berntson. She was baptized and confirmed at Amo Lutheran Church near Storden, Minnesota. She attended Storden Public Schools and graduated in 1963. After graduating, she attended Robinson Beauty School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She worked as a beauty operator in Minneapolis and Bemidji and also at Sears in Minneapolis. On July 28, 1965, she was united in marriage to Gerald Jones in Minneapolis. This marriage was blessed with two sons, Randy and Rex. In 1978, they moved to Bemidji and stayed there until 1991 when they moved to Windom. Verginia worked at Gordy's, HCL (Home for Creative Living), Home Health Care, and Remmick Ridge. Gerald passed away on June 8, 1997. She worked with Minnesota Nice group until she was too ill from breast cancer which she was diagnosed with in February 2001. She was well until February 2008 when the cancer returned and she had been on chemo for the last three years. Recently she was admitted to the Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and died peacefully on Tuesday morning, February 22, 2011 at the age of 65. She ...[more]View Full Online Obituary and Tributes
a member of the American Lutheran Church in Windom, where she was on the WELCA Board and the Friendship Group and was a member of Sons of Norway. Verginia loved flowers, especially roses. She also enjoyed reading, visiting the elderly and sick, and traveling with friends and family. She is survived by two sons, Randy Jones and his wife, Michelle, of Phoenix, AZ and Rex Jones of Biloxi, MS; three grandchildren, Haley, Nicole, and Cody Jones; two sisters, Carolyn Eyton of Burnsville and Katherine Grapevine and her husband, Larry, of Northome; one brother, Stanley Berntson and his wife, Sharon, of Ketchikan, AK; one sister-in-law, Bernadine Donatelli of Clinton, IA; many nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gerald; and one brother-in-law, Robert Eyton. Blessed be the memory of Verginia Mae Jones.
