Eleanor (Jane) Jones, Midway Par 3 co-founder
Mrs. Eleanor (Jane) Jones, 91, of Millsboro passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 21, 2019, at Atlantic Shores nursing home in Millsboro. She was born in Colora, Md., April 29, 1928, the only child of the late Dr. J. Paul Slaybaugh and Gertrude Lynch Slaybaugh.
Jane's father was a lifelong educator and headmaster of West Nottingham Academy, an all-boys boarding school, where Jane spent her formative years and attended high school there as the first and only girl. It was also there that Jane met and fell in love with her future husband, Henry (Walt) Jones, when he enrolled at the academy after coming home from World War II. Jane attended Dickinson College to study psychology. After graduation she married Walt, and they moved to Wilmington where Jane and Walt were both employed by the DuPont Company. Eventually the happy couple moved to the Rehoboth Beach area.
Jane was co-founder of Midway Par 3 Golf Course in Lewes. She was one of the oldest members of Epworth United Methodist Church. Jane will be remembered for the graciousness of her heart and the warmth of her many knitted blankets. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend who was loved by many and will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
In addition to her parents, Jane was preceded in death by her husband, Walt Jones, in 2010; and her niece, Lynn Jones Daue of Maryland. She is survived by her children: Paul Jones (Ceil), Rick Jones (Joan), and Barbara Moore (Mark); her grandchildren: Jay Jones (Dave Hickey), Stephanie Koons (Matt), Shaun Jones (Kristen Pedroso-Jones), Mark Moore (Cori Bane), Lauri Vent (Eric), Reed Jones, and Hunter Jones; her great-grandchildren: Henry, Jude, Madeline, Jaden, Noah, Lucia, Mason, Cruz and Delayne; and her niece, Kathy Page Gravino of Annapolis, Md.
Services will be private. Arrangements are being handled by Parsell Funeral Homes and Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, Lewes.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations made in Jane's memory to The Grace Science Foundation, P.O Box 114, Menlo Park, CA 94026, or www.gracescience.org, in honor of her great-grandson, Mason Moore.
Please visit Jane's Life Memorial Webpage and sign her online guestbook at www.parsellfuneralhomes.com.
