KENNEBUNK — Hazel N. Jones, 96, of Kennebunk, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 3, 2015 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.
She was born in Kennebunk, the third daughter of William H. and Frances J. Macdonald Nedeau, on Nov. 11, 1918, the day World War I ended. She attended the Kennebunk schools and graduated in the class of 1937 from Kennebunk High School.
She married Kenneth H. Jones on May 12, 1946 at her parents’ home after he returned from his service in World War II.
Hazel worked many years as ballot clerk for the town of Kennebunk and she was actively interested in local and national politics. She and her family were active in the beginnings of Camp Waban, where her daughter “Cindy” attended for many years.
In her later years she wintered in Palm Bay, Florida, where she had many friends with whom she played cards and dominos. When she was in Maine she resided at Atria in Kennebunk and later The Inn at Atlantic Heights in Saco until she moved to Seal Rock Healthcare.
She is preceded in death by: her parents; her husband in 1982; her daughters, Linda in 1949, Lucinda Marie in 2004, and Susan Frances in 2008; a brother, Richard Ivan Nedeau; and two sisters, Helen Dorothy Davis, and Gladys Linna Staples Callbeck.
She is survived by: a daughter, Sherry Jones and her partner Becky Foster of Steep Falls; a grandson, Alexander K. Jones of Portland; a sister, Shirley Pinard of Florida; a cousin, Madeline Marx of Kennebunk; nieces, Sandra Lindsay and her husband Rodney of Maryland and Florida, Lori Paddock and her husband Arthur of Florida, and Sally Davis of New York; and several great-nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be on Monday, March 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed by a funeral service at 1 p.m. at Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St., Kennebunk.
Interment will be in the Spring in Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be sent to: Maine Special Olympics, 125 John Roberts Road, #5, South Portland, ME 04106. Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, Kennebunk.
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