Nancy Jones

Born Aug 24 1934 in Toledo Ohio, she was raised in a large blended family that included two sisters and a brother. Nancy moved here to her beloved town of Sisters in 1999. In 1969, Nancy, with her son David, packed up her car and drove cross country from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Dundee, Oregon to be closer to her brother, Jack Lehsten. While living in Newberg, Oregon, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses knocked on Nancy’s door, and thus began her lifelong love for Bible truth. On July 9th of 1972, she was baptized at a District Convention in Corvallis, OR. Nancy served as a full time pioneer for many years. She loved to study the Bible with students and spread the same good news of God’s Kingdom that Jesus taught his followers and that gave her so much joy. She was hospitable and dearly loved all of her fellow kingdom evangelizers to come for coffee breaks and tea time. Nancy held many memories of her service dear to her heart, close to the top was her efforts to assist with the renovation of our Kingdom Hall here in Sisters. Ever the Anglophile, she adored tea parties and hosted many elegant soirées for her friends and family. All who knew her will treasure their memories of her loving generosity, her wit, her laugh, her smile, her bouts of sass and orneriness, and her hugs most of all. She held many titles, Mother, Sister, Friend, and her personal favorite, Grammy. Recently she told her eldest Granddaughter, with unshakable confidence,” I will wake up in the paradise and I want you all to be there.”