Linda Jones

Linda Jones, 64, of Prole died Monday, January 30, 2012 in Madison County. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, February 3, 2012 at the St. Patrick Irish Settlement Church near Cumming. A visitation will be held 1 to 8 p.m., Thursday, February 2 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, where family will be present to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in the Montpelier Cemetery, near Patterson. Memorials may be made to Hospice of South Central Iowa out of Osceola. Linda Lou Nelson was born May 3, 1947 in Lake City, Iowa; the daughter of Charles and Anna (Meister) Nelson. She was married to Jim Coen for 10 years until his death. She later married Larry Jones on June 26, 1996 in the Winterset City Park. Linda worked with the First Class Credit Union (formerly First Iowa) as a loan officer for 38 years, retiring just last year. She continued to work with the credit union even in retirement helping to organize tours sponsored by them. Linda was a member of St. Patrick Irish Settlement Church where she often volunteered her time in many ways. She loved people and enjoyed volunteering her time at the Des Moines Playhouse and at Hoyt Sherman Place. She was also a member of the American Business Women’s Association. Linda is survived by her husband, Larry of Prole; her daughter, Katie Coen of Ames; three step children, Danny Jones of New Virginia; Elizabeth (Ben) McDonald and Julia (Neal) McDonald both of Des Moines. She is also survived by five grandchildren (Luke and Kasey Jones, Brandon Anderson, Alec Welborn and Isabella McDonald); four great grandchildren (Aleah, Tegen and Kyler Anderson and Lexi Jones); a sister, Karen (Denny) Moffet of Ft. Dodge and a brother, Darold (Yreva) Nelson of Devine, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Jim Coen and two half brothers, Don and Duane Nelson.