1929
Margaret
2024
Margaret Jane (Henry) Jones
April 2, 1929 — May 16, 2024
Margaret Jane (Henry) Jones, 95 of Macungie, Pennsylvania passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at Lehigh Valley Hospital Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Born Tuesday, April 2, 1929 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania to Lawrence M. Henry, Sr. and his wife Gertrude (Jones) Henry of Summit Hill, PA. Margaret was the wife of Donald E. Jones, Sr. for 53 years prior to his passing August 21, 2005.
Margaret graduated from Summit Hill High School in 1947 and Jefferson Medical College Hospital School of Nursing in 1950. After taking and passing the state board examination for registered nurses in 1950, she worked for Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Gnaden Huetten Hospital, Coaldale Hospital, Allentown General Hospital and Allentown Osteopathic Hospital for 38 years before retiring in 1990 as a registered nurse in the operating room.
She is survived by her three children; Donald (Karen) Jones, Laurie Forchielli (Philip) and Amy Wisniewski. She is also survived by her eight grandchildren: Ami Forchielli, Anthony Forchielli, Kimberly Jones, Casey Jones, Christopher Jones, Christina Bickel, Steven Bickel and Nicholas Wisniewski, two step- grandchildren Erica Boesch and Emily Heckman. She also had 16 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brother Lawrence Henry, Jr.
Margaret is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Allentown. She loved to read, swim laps, bake cookies and travel to Europe and the Holy Lands. Margaret loved to raise her eight grandchildren and was very proud to have made alphabet quilts for all of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Private arrangements have been entrusted to E. Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc, 655 East Broad Street, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252570-668-2550.
To share a fond memory of Margaret or offer online condolences, please visit www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com
Born Tuesday, April 2, 1929 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania to Lawrence M. Henry, Sr. and his wife Gertrude (Jones) Henry of Summit Hill, PA. Margaret was the wife of Donald E. Jones, Sr. for 53 years prior to his passing August 21, 2005.
Margaret graduated from Summit Hill High School in 1947 and Jefferson Medical College Hospital School of Nursing in 1950. After taking and passing the state board examination for registered nurses in 1950, she worked for Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Gnaden Huetten Hospital, Coaldale Hospital, Allentown General Hospital and Allentown Osteopathic Hospital for 38 years before retiring in 1990 as a registered nurse in the operating room.
She is survived by her three children; Donald (Karen) Jones, Laurie Forchielli (Philip) and Amy Wisniewski. She is also survived by her eight grandchildren: Ami Forchielli, Anthony Forchielli, Kimberly Jones, Casey Jones, Christopher Jones, Christina Bickel, Steven Bickel and Nicholas Wisniewski, two step- grandchildren Erica Boesch and Emily Heckman. She also had 16 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brother Lawrence Henry, Jr.
Margaret is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Allentown. She loved to read, swim laps, bake cookies and travel to Europe and the Holy Lands. Margaret loved to raise her eight grandchildren and was very proud to have made alphabet quilts for all of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Private arrangements have been entrusted to E. Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc, 655 East Broad Street, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252570-668-2550.
To share a fond memory of Margaret or offer online condolences, please visit www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com
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