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Jones -- Eula Pauline Jones, a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico since 1951, died on Friday, October 26, 2001 while in the loving and compassionate care of Sandia Hospice. She was 91 years young and was recently preceded in death on October 12, 2001, by her husband, George W. Jones. Eula was born on December 15, 1909 in Hebron, Nebraska, the daughter of Ernest R. and Flora Kish Adamson. She grew up in Alliance, Nebraska and Edgemont, South Dakota. As a teenager, she was the pianist at the local movie theater, where she added much drama and emotion for the silent movies. In 1931, she married her childhood sweetheart, Delbert C. Cole and moved to West Des Moines, Iowa. She worked at Valley Junction National Bank and became a loving mother as well as a loving wife. In 1945, she joined P.E.O., an international philanthropic educational organization. She devoted her energies for the rest of her life to the objects and aims of P.E.O. In 1951, the family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where Delbert established Cole Drug Stores. Delbert died in 1968 in Albuquerque. She then married George Wesley Jones in 1973. They spent many happy years living in Four Hills, where they both enjoyed golf at Four Hills Country Club. They lived for the past three years in comfort at The Village at Alameda, an assisted living home. She is survived by her children, Jack and Barbara Cole of Farmington, NM, Carole and Bill Nickell of Sandia Park, NM, Jim and Barbara Cole of Rose Hill, Kansas, and Jackie and Dan March of Annandale, Virginia. Her many grandchildren include Jacque Moss, Sharon and Ray Aragon, Jenny Davis, Kari Cole, Mitchell Cole and wife, Shauna, Neel and Katya Duncan, Lynn and Justin Cooper, Todd Arnold, Connie Arnold, Cindy and Tom Miller, Richard Nickell, Lesley Cole, Warren Cole, Matthew Cole, David and Stacey March, and Steve and Tracy March. Her great-grandchildren are Zachary Moss, Alyssa and Dave Martinez, Candice Aragon, Jill and Jay Davis, Dillan Cole, Dasha and Elizabeth Duncan, Hannah and Grant Cooper, Chelsea Arnold, Loren Nickell, and Julia Miller. If friends would prefer a donation in lieu of flowers, we suggest Chapter V, P.E.O., 3101 Toreador Dr. NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87112. Interment will take place Tuesday, October 30, 2001, 1:00 p.m., at Fairview Memorial Park, 700 Yale Blvd. SE. Memorial Services for Eula Jones will follow at 2:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 215 Locust St. NE. French Mortuary, Lomas Blvd. Chapel, 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE.
        Published on: Tue October 30, 2001