Ellen Adelaide Jones

The youngest of three sisters, her early years were spent on a homestead farm where she and her sister Dorothy were doted on by their much older sister Vi who walked them to school on the back of an old farm horse and in her spare time played school teacher with them. Ada was a finicky eater to the extent her teachers offered to put her on a milk and cookies program run by the school. They didn't realize it had nothing to do with need and everything to do with peas and carrots not touching each other on the plate.

They left the farm and moved to Winnipeg. Ada was fortunate to be selected from high school to work at the Bay during the depression when jobs were scarce. She was hired as an elevator operator due to her height and build but was able switch over to their labelling department due to a tendency toward motion sickness. Later Ada became a "comptometer operator" which was a highly prized skill for the day. A very large adding machine of sorts - it fit her love of numbers perfectly.

Introduced by friends during the war she married Dave Jones in Winnipeg during the second world war. They went on to have two children, raising them in Vancouver and later Richmond. Her daughter remembers a Mother who would let her read to her in bed as a small child and then put a gold star on the page read.

She had five grandsons and she loved to have them visit so she could cook special treats for them. She supported them by attending every event she was invited to.

Ada loved to work. When she and her husband won a large cash prize requiring a trip to Winnipeg she at first said she would not be able to go. Her work was doing inventory the next day and she was needed. She only agreed to go after she spoke to her boss and he reassured her they would be alright without her.

Ada loved to play bridge. With her husband Dave she was famous for bidding the hand to an almost unattainable number then laying down her cards and saying "I have nothing for you".

Ada had a ready laugh and a quick wit. She was fair, formidable and generous to those she loved.