Agatha Gesbrecht Jones

Agatha Thiessen Jones passed away February 8, 2014 at Sherwood Crescent Manor in Abbotsford. Aggie was born in a small village in Russia in 1924, and as an infant immigrated to Canada with her parents Peter and Maria, and her brother and sisters.

Mom married Helmut, her first husband and father of her children, in 1945. He predeceased her in 1978. In 1982, Mom was married again, to Tom, who passed away in 2004.

She greatly enjoyed dancing, doing the polka and waltzing away many evenings with both Helmut and Tom. In later years, Tom and Aggie could be found most weekends having fun at the Aldergrove Legion or the Abbotsford Eagles Club.

Aggie was predeceased by her parents, her siblings, husbands Helmut and Tom, infant son Bernie, and step-children Robert and Margaret.

Mom will be missed by sons Edwin and Ronald, daughters Melita (Bob) and Irma (David), step-son Brian, 9 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, her nieces and nephews and her extended step-family.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 11:00 am at Woodlawn Funeral Home, 2310 Clearbrook Road, Abbotsford. Interment will follow at Maclure Road Mennonite Cemetery.

The family wishes to thank the staff of Abbotsford Regional Hospital for caring for our mother. We especially thank the wonderful staff at Sherwood Crescent Manor for the loving and compassionate care shown to our mother and ourselves during her short stay there.

Arrangements under the direction of Woodlawn Funeral Home, Abbotsford, BC.