In Memory
Elise Jones
September 7, 1980 ~ July 19, 2024 (age 43)
Kerah "Elise" Jones went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 19, 2024, in Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. Elise, as she was called by family and close friends, was born September 7, 1980, in South Bend, Indiana.
Elise graduated from LaSalle High School in 1999 and was employed as a Certified Nursing Assistant for many years. Elise was a member of Saints Memorial Church of God in Christ her entire life, she was a member of the Voices of Gladness Children Choir which was founded by her father the late Deacon Robert Lee Jones, and a member of the Saints Memorial Mass Choir for many years. Elise was also a member of the Young Women's Christian Council.
Elise loved to be around the older saints going to lunch and talking on the phone. She was often surrounded by children taking pictures after Sunday service, and she loved assisting at Jurisdictional events.
Elise was a lover of food, and she was a good cook. While at home with her mother the late Mother Mertice Elizabeth Jones on any given day would find them with a bowl of hot wings Elise had prepared, Barnaby's Pizza and her favorite drink Mountain Dew.
Elise love to laugh and she had a great sense of humor, she always had a story to teil. She could be serious and could be seen imparting knowledge into younger women. She loved her family and stayed in contact with her relatives near and far through social media.
Elise had a special relationship with her nieces and nephews Kyle, Lauren, Gabriela, Malakai and Jayde and they talked on the phone constantly. She also had two honorary nieces Kennedy Edwards and Londyn Brown-Finnie who she talked about all the time. She also spent a lot of time with her oldest niece Candace Mack who was her caregiver and will miss Elise immensely.
She leaves to cherish her memory 3 sisters, Bertha Jones of South Bend, Indiana, Jacqueline Jones of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Brenda Zachery (Henry) Los Angeles, California, 2 brothers Donald Jones-Watson (Angel) Chicago, Illinois, Jonathan Jones of South Bend, Indiana. Her maternal mother Elizabelle Miller, 3 sisters Racheal Alford, Freda Alford, Othea Alford all of South Bend, Indiana and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Elise was preceded in death by her parents Deacon Robert Lee and Mother Mertice Elizabeth Jones, a brother Robert Christopher Jones and a sister Princess Alford.
08/01/2024 EJS
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