Charlotte Rose Jones

Plattsburgh Charlotte Rose Jones of Plattsburgh, New York, passed away at the age of 83 on Saturday September 11, 2010 at 11:00 PM of respiratory failure after being ill for several months. Charlotte was born February 25, 1927 in Boone Iowa, the daughter of Guy Eldridge Hall and Beulah Sunshine Hall. She was raised with her five siblings in Boone Iowa, where she graduated from Boone High School in 1945. She worked at the war plant and at the telephone company in Boone before her marriage to Maynard Grant Jones of Ames Iowa on March 25, 1948. As the wife in an Air Force family, she lived in many parts of the country, including Fairbanks Alaska, Houston Texas, Sacramento California, Wichita Kansas, and finally Plattsburgh New York. Divorced in 1963, she single handedly raised her four children (who were then aged 3, 6, 10, and 12) successfully to adulthood. From 1963 Charlotte worked most of her career in retail at J.C. Penney in the two Plattsburgh stores. She retired from Penney's in 2000. Charlotte was an excellent cook, much to the delight of her four children and close friends. She also enjoyed gardening, sewing, and collecting cranberry glass and cat figurines. She loved animals, especially cats. Relatives who passed away before her include her brothers Ronald, Kenneth and Carroll, her nephews Keith Eastlund and Michael Hall, and mother in law Mary Drake, all of Iowa. Also passing before her were her son in law Richard Cooper and her good friends Bernice Cooper, Betty Van Etten and Janine Holcombe, all of Plattsburgh New York. Charlotte is survived by her sister Doris Eastlund, brother Cedric Hall and his wife Helen, all of Boone Iowa; her children Cheri Jones of Saratoga Springs N.Y., son Randy Jones of Schuyler Falls N.Y., son Casey Jones of Plattsburgh N.Y., and son Jeffrey Jones, his wife Laura, and their three children Ashley, Craig and Makayla of Provo Utah. She also leaves close friends Joe Bailey of Rouses Point N.Y. and Nancy Glode of Plattsburgh N.Y., her pet cat Charles of Schuyler Falls N.Y., and many other relatives and friends who loved her and celebrate her full life. As she requested, Charlotte will be cremated and there will be no services. A gathering of friends and relatives will be planned for at a future date. Donations can be made in memory of Charlotte Rose Jones, payable to the Adirondack Humane Society, 134 Idaho Avenue, Plattsburgh, New York, 12903 . Arrangements are entrusted to Brown Funeral Home, 29 Broad St., Plattsburgh, N.Y. (518) 561-3980 Online condolences may be made and memorial candles lit at www.brownfuneralhomeinc.com.