Patsy R. Jones

Patsy R. Jones, age 62, of West, passed away early Saturday morning, December 6, 2008 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Aderhold Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ed Karasek officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery near West. The family will receive visitors from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Patsy was born on September 16, 1946 in West, the daughter of Ernest and Marie Tobola. She attended West schools. On April 7, 1976, she was united in marriage to Emmett Jones in Waco. Patsy was a homemaker and also worked as a Nurse's Aide for West Rest Haven for several years. She enjoyed gardening, camping, talking on the phone, watching westerns, and spending time with her grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents; her son, Emmett L. Jones, Jr.; and her sister, Betty Chudej. Survivors include her husband, Emmett Jones of West; six sons, Brian K. Gerik and wife Dana, Darrell W. Gerik and wife Misty, and Billy Jones and wife Amanda, all of West, Ricky L. Gerik and Maria Ford, and Ernie Gerik and wife Diane, all of Lacy Lakeview, and Bobby Jones and wife Samantha of China Spring; two brothers, Ernest Tobola, Jr. and wife Doris and Harry Lee Tobola, all of West; one sister, Kathy Lozano and husband John of Benbrook; thirteen grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends. Memorials may be made to Southern Care Hospice of Waco.