Gertrude Jones

September 19, 1918 - January 27, 2019

Gertrude Leanna (Landau) Jones, age 100, of Washington, Iowa, died Sunday, January 27, 2019, at the Halcyon House in Washington. Celebration of life services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 8, 2019, at the Jones & Eden Funeral Home with Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. General calling hours will be held from noon until 5:00 p.m. Thursday, February 7th at the Jones & Eden Funeral Home where the family will be present to receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Friday morning. Interment will take place at the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Memorials have been established for Hospice of Washington County or the United Methodist Church for Dome Maintenance. Online condolences may be sent for Gertrude’s family through the web at www.jonesfh.com Gertrude was born September 19, 1918, in Washington, Iowa, the daughter of Franz Christian and Anna (Barkhous) Landau. She was united in marriage to Willis Jones on October 5, 1940, at St. Paul’s Church in Washington, Iowa. Gertrude and her husband, Willis, owned and operated the Jones Funeral Home from 1968-1979. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Washington since 1941. The dome on top of the United Methodist Church was donated by the Jones family. At the conclusion of WWII, two Jones in-laws and two embalmers used the lighted dome to bring them home safely. Gertrude was a volunteer at Halcyon House from its inception and was a part of the Original Fundraising Committee to raise money for Halcyon House in 1955. She was a 50-year member of the Daughters of The Nile and a lifetime member of the WWII Memorial and the Ellis Island Foundation. She is survived by her son, Louie Jones of David, Panama; great-nephew, Larry Fishback and wife Brenda; and several cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Willis in 1995; infant son, David; siblings: Carl, Raymond, Frances, Marie and Mabel Landau, Alma Caldwell, Edna McKinney and Minnie Quasdorf; niece, Jean Gratten; and nephew, Bill Caldwell.