Constance Hall Jones

Constance Hall Jones, 101, a resident of St. Mary Home in West Hartford, CT passed away gracefully on April 15, 2019. The daughter of William H. Hall and Belle Parkhurst Hall of West Hartford, Connie was born on October 8, 1917. A triplet, she was predeceased by her triplet sisters Janet and Mary Lee. Janet survived only several weeks; Mary Lee succumbed to the Great Flu of 1918. Connie was also predeceased by her husband, Gilbert S. (Gib) Jones; and by her beloved sister Katherine Keller of Hamden and her brother William H. Hall, Jr. of West Hartford. Connie leaves her daughter, Carolyn (Lonnie) Jones Schorer and her husband, David, of Moultonborough NH; and her sons, Russell and his wife Barbara of West Hartford, and David and his wife, Loretta, of East Aurora, NY. She leaves seven grandchildren, Scott Schorer and Julie of Duxbury, MA; Kimberly Bertele and Ted of Longmont, CO, Christopher Jones and Kali of West Hartford, Kristen Mecca and Greg of Longmont, CO, Steven Jones and Stacy of E. Falmouth, MA, Jessica Jones of East Aurora, NY, and Justin Jones and Caiti of Pittsford, NY. She also leaves nine great-grandchildren and several well-loved nieces and nephews. Connie attended the Oxford School in West Hartford and graduated from Hall High School, class of 1935 and from Pine Manor Junior College, class of 1937. Prior to her marriage and then again after her children were grown, she worked for The Connecticut Bank and Trust Company and later, Webster Bank, retiring well into her 70s. A sixty-one year resident of a home on Mountain Road in West Hartford, built for Connie and Gib by her father-in-law’s, R.F. Jones Construction Company, she was well-known in the neighborhood for her daily two-mile walk and friendly conversations along the way. For the next fourteen years, she was a resident at the McAuley in West Hartford, where she enjoyed the sociability of her many friends. Connie was a former member of the Town and County Club and a long-time member of the Asylum Hill Congregational Church. She loved to dance. Arrangements, per her wishes, are private. Burial is alongside her husband, Gib, at Fairview Cemetery in West Hartford. She bid all a fond farewell, and was grateful to the nurses and staff at St. Mary Home who, as she said, “treated her like royalty”.