Audrey Jones
Jan. 24, 1944-Jan. 29, 2018
Audrey Jones, 74, died
Monday, January 29, 2018
in the Mountrail Bethel
Home in Stanley, ND.
Audrey was born Janu-
ary 24, 1944 to Pete and
Caroline (Voltin) Hamers
in the Williston, ND hos-
pital. She grew up in Ray
and attended the Ray Pub-
lic Schools. In her teen
years she worked on the
weekends at the Midway
Drive-In Theater, which
her brother, Cecil, owned
and operated. She gra-
duated from Ray High
School in 1962.
She married Lyle “Da-
vid” Aho on August 14,
1962. They lived in Velva
and Tioga for a short time
following their marriage.
They then moved to Ray
to take care of Audrey’s
father, who was in poor
health and passed away in
1963. In May 1964, they
moved to Stanley before
moving to Crosby in Janu-
ary of 1967 where Lyle
was hired as a mechanic
by the Crosby Internation-
al Harvester dealer.
Audrey’s mother moved
in with them to help take
care of their children. Fol-
lowing the death of Lyle’s
mother, they moved their
family and Caroline back
to Stanley, in April 1969,
to be closer to Lyle’s fami-
ly. They purchased a
house in Stanley and
raised their family there.
Audrey’s marriage to Lyle
ended in October 1984.
She then moved to Devils
Lake and worked as a
desk clerk at the Davis
Motel. She moved to
Minot in September of
1985. Due to some health
issues resulting from inju-
ries she sustained in a car
accident in 1977, she was
no longer able to work a
regular job. In May 1986,
Audrey moved back to
Stanley to be close to her
family.
In 1987, Audrey met
LeRoy Jones of Sherwood,
through the Minot Singles
Club. They got married on
November 21, 1987 and
lived in Sherwood. LeRoy
owned and operated a gas
station/auto repair shop,
which his father started in
the 1950s and in 1997,
LeRoy closed the busi-
ness. Audrey and LeRoy
then moved to Stanley
when LeRoy was hired as
a mechanic by Anderson
Equipment in Ross. They
lived with Lyle for 14
months in Stanley, since
he was living alone in a 5
bedroom house. Lyle and
LeRoy had been friends in
the 1970s when Lyle
worked in the Sherwood
area oil fields. Audrey,
LeRoy, and Lyle remained
good friends, until Lyle’s
death in 2002.
In 1998, Audrey and
LeRoy moved back to
Sherwood and in 2003,
they moved to Mohall. In
February 2009, Audrey
moved into the Mohall
Good Samaritan Home,
following a stroke. In No-
vember 2009, she moved
to the Minot Trinity Nurs-
ing Home and in August
2013, she moved to the
Mountrail Bethel Home in
Stanley and resided there
until her death.
Before her stroke, Au-
drey enjoyed cooking,
baking, candy making,
and cake decorating. She
made many kinds of can-
dy and baked goods for
bake sales, bazaars, and
craft shows. She also
baked and decorated
birthday, anniversary, and
wedding cakes. She also
enjoyed writing poetry.
Audrey is survived by:
her and Lyle’s sons,
Joseph (Kim), Stanley,
Jerome (Lorraine), Kan-
napolis, NC, James (Patri-
cia), Stanley; grand-
daughters, Shalene (fi-
anc’e, Norman Ogden),
White Earth, Elizabeth,
Minot, Kristal (fiancÈe,
Isaac James), West Fargo;
step grandchildren, Tyler
(Stephanie) Getzlaff, Man-
dan, Brandon Getzlaff,
Stanley, Desiree Getzlaff
(companion, Andrew
Weidmer), Minot; step
great grandchildren,
Courtney Getzlaff, Aiden
Getzlaff, and Abel Weid-
mer; foster sister, Linda
(Oliver) Garrison, Cincin-
nati, OH; several nieces
and nephews.
Audrey is preceded in
death by: her parents;
brothers, Charles, Chester,
Cecil, and Lester
“Eugene”; sisters, Lucille
“Hap” Weber, and La-
Vonne “Bonnie” Garaas.
The funeral service will
be held: at 2:00 pm on
Monday, February 5, 2018
at Our Saviors Free Luth-
eran Church in Stanley.
Visitation: will be held on
Sunday from 12:00 until
4:00 p.m. at Springan
Stevenson Funeral Home,
Stanley. Interment: will
be at Belden Cemetery,
rural Belden, ND, in the
spring. Online con-
dolences may be shared at
www.springanfuneral
home.com and
www.fulkersons.com