Jane Vance Jones

JANE VANCE JONES, 91, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 12, 2021. She was born on February 4, 1930, in Birmingham, Alabama. She was a devout Catholic with strong ties to St. Peter's Catholic Church in Hoover. In her youth, she studied commercial art at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University). Jane joined Mason and Dulion in 1963 as a bookkeeper, contributing so much that she was quickly made a partner in the venture as the company became M&D Mechanical and then retired from the company in 1992. She was a founding member and first President of the Alabama Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction. Jane was a charter member of the Vestavia Hills Art Association and a member of both the Magic City Quilting Bee and the Birmingham Quilters' Guild. She was a talented quilter and painter who admired theatre, literature, cinema, and fine arts. Jane enjoyed her daily newspaper, happy hour, word games, and her iPad. Known to many as "G-Slice," "Mother," "Grandma Jane," and "the Matriarch," she forged us all into a tight and loving family - a priceless gift forever. She touched many lives with her strong spirit and talents. She will be greatly missed.

She is preceded in death by her former husband, Howard Roberts Jones, her brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Evelyn Jones, her daughter Nina Jones Kessler, her parents Margaret D. and Nicholas R. Vance, her sisters Katherine (Charles) Heyer and Margaret Schlosser, her daughter-in-law Linda Johnson Jones, and her nieces Laura Heyer Goggins and Elizabeth Ann Vance.

She is survived by her brother Nicholas D. (Cheryl) Vance along with her brother in law Harry Schlosser and her five children, Bob Jones, Nicki (David) Koski, Michael Jones, Judy (Nick) Cvetetic, Kevin (Kelley) Jones, and son-in-law Charles Kessler, Jr. Her thirteen grandchildren Alan (Brandi) Jones, Nick (Pam) Jones, Melissa (Todd) Howell, Patricia Koski, David Koski Jr., Charles Kessler III, Jason (Amber) Kessler, Maggie Kessler, Nichole Jones, Julianna Cvetetic, Michael Cvetetic, Austin Jones and Jessica Jones. Her seven great-grandchildren are Anna and Alaina Jones, Hannah, Haley, and Britton Howell, and Lucille and Jones Kessler. Her nieces and nephews, David Heyer, Kathy (Bobby) Hirt, Craig (Thom) Heyer, Rod (Cindy) Schlosser, Mark (Robin) Schlosser, Carol (Billy) Weinstein, Adam (Lisa) Schlosser, Steve (Gaye) Vance, Barbara Jane Tow, Howard Jones and Murray Jones.

Services will be held graveside at Elmwood Cemetery at 11:00am on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. To contribute, please consider charitable donations to St. Peter's Catholic Church building fund, the Catholic Center of Concern, WBHM radio, or flowers.