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02/18/2017 - Ival 'Babe' (Cork) Jones
Memorial services for Ival “Babe” LaVerne (Cork) Jones will be at 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the Rushville American Legion in Rushville, NE.
A memorial has been established for a one-time memorial educational scholarship in Babe’s name. Donations may be sent to Security First Bank (P.O. Box 550, Rushville, NE 69360.
Babe passed away on February 12, 2017. She was born April 12, 1936. She was the last of four children born to Amy Louise (Lovell) Cork and Clifford Lyle Cork on a farm near rural Wewela, SD. While her formative years were spent around the Wewela and Colome area, the family moved to Springview, NE in 1951, allowing her to graduate from Springview in 1954.
On February 23, 1957, Babe was united in marriage with Richard Lee “Spike” Jones, and to this union, three children were born: Cameron Lee Jones (Malika Jones), Catherine Hester Jones-Hazledine (Michael Hazledine), and Michael Ian Jones (Beth Willburn Jones).
Babe was passionate about her family and education. Her teaching career, which started in a rural school in the fall of 1954 in a school in Keya Paha County, NE, would span more than 40 years, three states and multiple counties. Even after her retirement, it was common for Babe to have pictures and notices on her refrigerator of former students’ life events and accomplishments.
In this society, we often strive for perfection. We as her family feel that we had the perfect mother and grandmother – unwavering in her love and support throughout her life and ours. Family was all important to her, and her definition of family was broad. We were blessed with “cousins” and “aunts” and “uncles” that were not really related by blood, and to her last days she tended to naturally and matter-of-factly adopt people into her clan. Even under the weight of her final illness, Babe’s last thoughts, words and comments were about other people and their well-being, telling the family that “it is going to be okay.” Though she made sure that everyone will in fact be “okay,” she also leaves behind a void that cannot be filled.
Babe was preceded in death by parents Clifford and Amy; siblings Clifford “Bud” Cork, Robert Cork, and Mary Ann Dohmen; husband Richard “Spike” Jones; and granddaughter Sophia Rose Jones-Hazledine. She is survived by children and their spouses Cameron and Malika, Catherine and Michael, and Michael and Elizabeth; grandchildren Hannah Elizabeth Jones, Tatiana Marie Jones, Evan Michael Jones-Hazledine, Benjamin Lee Paul Jones-Hazledine, Riley Grace Jones, and Ival Clare Jones-Hazledine; and nieces, nephews, and many dear friends.
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