![]() ![]() In his free time, he enjoyed square dancing and watching his beloved Atlanta Braves. After 32 years of service, he retired and moved his family back to the area. ![]() He later moved to Atlanta to pursue his accounting career with The Austin Company. After college he served in the United States Army and after serving his country returned home to operate family business H. Jones attended Campbell College where he received his accounting degree. He was born in Wake County to the late Willie Spencer Jones and Miriam Watkins Jones. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Stillwater Literacy Council, the American Heart Association, World Wildlife Fund or a charity of your choice.Robert LaVerne Jones, 84, of Wake Forest, passed away Wednesday morning, Februat Carillon Assisted Living of Wake Forest. and Salamanca, Spain seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. ![]() She is survived by four children, Victoria Brust of Tulsa, Kristin Jones of Salamanca, Spain, Dean Durocher-Jones of Cleveland, Ohio and Scott Jones of Beverly, Mass. She has been hailed as the “originator of multi-tasking” being effectively engaged in reading, embroidery, TV and computer work simultaneously to the amazement of those with whom she was conversing at the time. Retirement left more time for her many hobbies such as genealogy, embroidery, reading, teaching English as a second language, as well as recruiting volunteer tutors for the Stillwater Literacy Council. She retired in 1988, although she continued to run the software company she founded with her son. They also loved to travel around the world, often visiting former foreign exchange students. The couple were avid campers throughout the United States and Canada. In 1981, she helped design and head the William Brock Memorial Library in the College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1979, she became librarian in the Architecture Library and was instrumental in developing this new branch library and upgrading the quality of architectural resources. In 1970, she began her career as an assistant cataloguer in Edmon Low Library, main OSU library on campus. She then commuted to Oklahoma University for her master of science degree in library science. Now, without responsibility for the veterinary clinic in Midwest City, she attended OSU receiving a baccalaureate with a double major in English and German. In 1965, he accepted a position in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Oklahoma State University, and the family moved to Stillwater. They held especially long, enduring relationships with Irene Seifert McMichael, EIke Bieser Hubbard, Dechapongsa Kanchanalakshana and Esperanza Lasagabaster along with their families. This was the beginning of 20 years of sharing their home and family with international students as well as helping place students in other families in the region. Having sponsored two individuals from other countries, in 1963 they hosted their first international student, a high school student from Spain. They were active in the community and the Presbyterian Church in Midwest City. While he worked as the veterinarian, she ran the business side of the clinic including assisting with emergency calls. They moved to Midwest City, where they established the Midwest Veterinary Hospital in 1952. After graduation, the couple returned to Tulsa where he began his practice of veterinary medicine with his former employer. At the end of the war, they returned to New York where he entered the School of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. During this time, he worked part-time at a veterinary clinic. The couple moved to Tulsa, where he was stationed with the Navy until the end of the war. There, during WWII, she met Eugene (Gene) Miles Jones and they married at his family farm in upstate New York June 8, 1944. Upon graduation from high school, she moved to Chicago, Ill., where she earned her bachelor of arts degree at the American Academy of Arts. She was born to William Koelsch and Esther (Lindberg) Koelsch in Milwaukee, Wisc., Aug. Services will be in the First Presbyterian Church Saturday at 11 a.m. LaVerne Koelsch Jones, 83, died Saturday, June 30, 2007.
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