DATELINE: Sterling

NAME: Ester Fern Loomis Jones

AGE: 73

DATE OF DEATH: April 25, 2017

PLACE OF DEATH: Hutchinson Regional Medical Center

DATE OF BIRTH: November 4, 1943

PLACE OF BIRTH: Walsh, Colorado

PARENTS: Henry and Phoebe Koblitz Loomis

RESIDENCE: Sterling for 15 years

OCCUPATION: She worked as a food and beverage manager for Best Western

EDUCATION: Graduated from Vilas High School in Vilas, Colorado and then attended Lamar Community College.

SPOUSE: Thomas Lee Jones

SPOUSE DEATH DATE: July 14, 1992

SURVIVORS: 2 sons, Todd Jones of Sterling, Kansas and Eric Jones of Rawlins, Wyoming; 1 daughter, Erin Harris of McDonough, Georgia; 1 brother, Eugene Loomis of Lugoff, South Carolina; 1 sister, Ruth Barker of Sterling, Kansas; 6 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Parents; brother, Duane Loomis; 1 granddaughter.

SERVICES: Private family services will be held.

MEMORIAL: Donors choice in care of Birzer Funeral Home of Sterling.