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- Theca is the daughter of Hermine Stella Christiane & Edward Combie Fisher, MD.
1944 May 4, Thrus. - Obituary Mrs. Paul Jones
Lyons - Mrs. Thekla Jones, 59, wife of Paul Jones, editor of the Lyons New, died at 3 a. m. Thursday in the Sterling hospital. She had been ill 3 years & had been in a critical condition 11 days.
Mrs. Jones was born in Racine, O., Aug. 2, 1884 & when she was one year old came to Lyons with her parents, Dr. & Mrs E. C. Fisher. Her father was a pioneer Lyons physician. After her marriage to the Lyons editor they lived in Eastern Kansas a few years, returning to Lyons about 1918. Active in civic & club work in Lyons throughout her residence there, Mrs. Jones was also a leader in state club activities. She served as president of the Seventh District Federation of Women's clubs & was active in PEO work.
Survivors are the widower; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Haas of Lyons & Mrs. George Gill of Sterling; three sisters, Mrs. L. C. Needham & Mrs. A. G. Hartronft of Lyons & Mrs. Myron Stewart of New York city; a brother, Dr. Charles E. Fisher of Lyons, & 2 grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 2:30 p. m. Saturday in the Crawford-Miller Mortuary at Lyons & burial will be in Lyons Cemetery.
Ref: The Hutchinson News-Herald
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1884 - 1944 (59 years)