MAE JONES WALKER

Bountiful, Utah – Mae Jones Walker, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother has been called home to rejoin her husband and other members of the family that have gone on before. Mae was born in Malad, Idaho, the second daughter of Harvey and Catherine Jones, on August 15, 1913. She lived in the Malad valley until she left to attend Albion State Normal School where she met her husband-to-be Merrill Walker. They were later married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

Mae was a dedicated teacher and spent the majority of her life teaching and molding lives of children, the majority of it in the Blackfoot, Idaho School District. Mae was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many positions in the MIA, Primary and Relief Society.

She is survived by a son, Gary M. Walker of Bountiful, Utah; a daughter, Janeece Fields of Kailua Hawaii; seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; sisters: Dorthy Morgan, Lona Anderson, Wanda Edwards, and a brother, Dick Jones. She was preceded in death by her husband, Merrill; a grandson, Mitchell Walker; and her parents, Harvey and Catherine Jones.

Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, November 2, 2000, at the Horsley Funeral Home in Malad, Idaho, at 11:00 a.m. where friends may call one hour prior to the services. Interment will be in the Malad City Cemetery.

IN MEMORY OF
Mae Jones Walker
August 15, 1913 – October 28, 2000
Funeral Services November 1, 2000
Conducting – Gene Edwards
Family Prayer – Michael R. Walker

Prelude and Postlude Music – Melissa Walker
Invocation – Philip M. Walker
Musical Number –
Brittney Walker, Wendi Walker, Marci Nichols,
Sarah Walker, Natalie Walker
“Sing To The Lord”
Accompanied by Melissa Walker

Life Sketch – Michael R. Walker
Speaker – G. Merrill Walker
Musical Number – Mae’s Gret=Grandchildren
“A Child’s Prayer”
Benediction – Richard P. Jones

Condluding Rites – Malad City Cemetery
Dedication of the Grave – Gary M. Walker

“A mother who cares
enough to worry and to
wait, who cares enough
to counsel and to be
concerned, is among the
greatest blessings God
has given.”

• Richard L. Evans