Audrey Ethella Jones

She will be lovingly remembered by her niece Jerrilyn Jones and her nephews Martin, Brian, Peter and Andrew Jones and their families.

Audrey was predeceased by her parents Elizabeth Amelia (Ethella) and Percy Victor Ernest Jones, her brothers E. Lloyd Jones and Ralph Jones and nephew Greg and niece Margot Jones.

Audrey was born in Winnipeg and lived there her entire life. She attended Gordon Bell high school and the University of Manitoba. She graduated with a BSc and was the Lady Stick of the Faculty of Science.

Audrey was a gifted student-athlete, a successful coach, an exceptional educator and most of all a force of nature. She taught at Tec Voc from its founding in 1951 until her retirement in 1985.She maintained close ties with the school after her retirement and in 2004 the physical education and music wing of the school was named the Audrey Jones Field House. In 2012 she was inducted into the Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association Hall of Fame in their Builder Category.

Audrey loved her work and she loved her “kids “. We believe she invented tough love….or at the very least perfected it. She said in an interview in the Winnipeg Free Press in 2004 that she “didn’t like Saturdays because it meant I wasn’t working”. Time not spent at the school was often spent with her bell ringers.

Her Service of Remembrance will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, April 6, 2018 at McClure United Church .The service will be followed by a luncheon reception in the Church hall and a private family burial service will be held at Brookside Cemetery at 1:30pm.

The family would like to thank the staff at Deer Lodge Center for their care for Audrey.

In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the charity of your choice.