Arline Carole Jones

JONES, Carole…

It is with profound sadness that Evan Jones says goodbye to his devoted and much-loved mother, Carole.

Carole Jones died on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at Oak Terrace, Orillia, in her 88th year. The only child of Carl and Audrey Dilamarter, she was predeceased by her husband, Derwyn Dixon Jones (2005), the ninth Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Huron. She is survived by her son, Evan; her daughter, Paula (Pierre); and her god-daughter, Hilary Anderson.

Carole lived an unassuming life centred around her family, the Church, and her deep appreciation of music and literature. Her early years were spent in Windsor, Ontario, where she was raised, educated and taught secondary school. All of this changed one Sunday morning in Church when she caught the eye of the new bachelor priest who had recently been appointed to St. Barnabas in Windsor. Marriage soon followed and during their honeymoon in Muskoka, they fell in love with a small property near Dorset where they would later build a cottage and centre many of their family’s life-long memories.

After living in Windsor and Brockville, Carole, Derwyn and their young family moved to London, Ontario, where they put down roots. Since the deterioration of her health in 2017, Carole has been lovingly cared for by the staff of Grandwood in London and Oak Terrace in Orillia, where she was faithfully visited every day by Evan.

Cremation has taken place, and a private graveside celebration of life will take place at a later date in spring 2025. Memorial gifts may be made to St. Paul’s Cathedral Memorial Fund, 472 Richmond Street, London ON N6A 3E6; The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, 80 Hayden Street, Toronto ON M4Y 3G2, St. James Westminster Anglican Church Foundation, 115 Askin Street, London ON N6C 1E7; or Humane Society London & Middlesex, 624 Clarke Road, London, ON N5V 3K5. Arrangements entrusted with A. Millard George Funeral Home, 519-433-5184. Online condolences, memories and photographs shared at www.amgfh.com