65247_Shauna Kay_Jones
Rudd — Shauna Kay Jones, 59, of Rudd, Iowa, passed away on Monday, June 3, 2013, at Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City, Iowa. Online condolences may be left at www.Fullertonfh.com.
A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, at First United Methodist Church, 611 Sixth St., Rudd. The Rev. Wendy Johannesen and the Rev. Jerry Avise-Rouse will be officiating. Interment will follow immediately at Evergreen Cemetery in Rudd.
A visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, June 7, at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 Second St S.E., Mason City.
Shauna Jones was born on March 17, 1954, in Mason City to Edwin and Wava (Burgess) Bowers. She graduated from Mason City High School in 1972. Shauna loved music and played piano and was involved in band growing up. During her childhood she spent a lot of time in northern Minnesota fishing, swimming and enjoying the whole family.
Shauna was very involved in the Rudd community, where she resided for the past 25 years. She was a member of the Rudd United Methodist Church, UMW Church Circle and Rudd Over-50 Club. Shauna was also a mentor for confirmation.
On July 30, 1988, she was united in marriage to Steven Jones. Shauna worked as a pharmacy technician for Mercy Hospital of North Iowa for 33 years, until she could no longer work due to her battle with several kinds of cancer.
Shauna’s interests included shopping, traveling to Branson, Minn., camping and sitting around the campfire with family and friends. She was a wonderful cook and was always willing to try new recipes. Shauna was an outgoing and caring person and acquired many friends from work and down by the river.
The last few years of her life, Shauna enjoyed spending time on the river between Greene and Marble Rock with her husband, son, family and special river friends from Rudd and surrounding areas. She especially enjoyed floating on the pontoon.
Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Steven Jones; son, Gabe (Mellisa) Leach; brother, Russell (Cindy) Bowers; sister-in-law, Jody Anderson; grandchildren, Kaylee, Zoey, Dustin, and Tyler; great-granddaughter, Ellie; uncle, Roger Suby; nephews, Jason (Nicole) Bowers and Jason (Susan) Anderson; niece, Tami (Scott) Harris; special cousins, Mark (Coni) Suby, Collette Turner, Kirk (Val) Suby, and Jody Sellon; and many other nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edwin and Wava Bowers; maternal grandparents, Wayne and Fay Burgess; paternal grandparents, Fredriek and Gleneth Bowers; father-in-law, Russell Jones; grandmother-in-law, Viola Rasmusson; cousin, Gary Sellon; nephew, Joey Anderson; niece, Trisha Anderson; special aunt, Colleen Suby; and many other Bowers aunts and uncles.
Fullerton Funeral Home, Mason City, 641-423-8676, www.Fullertonfh.com.
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