Obituaries : Della Anna Rose Young Jons McConnaughey

Della Anna Rose Young Jons McConnaughey

KEYSTONE: Della Anna Rose Young Jons McConnaughey, 101, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, September 1, 2012 at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone with Rev. David Lingard officiating. Friends may register from 10 a.m., until service time. Interment will be held at St. John Cemetery in Newhall.

Della was born March 17, 1911 at Van Horne to Franklin Edward and Matilda Sophia (Kerkman) Young. She attended public school in Van Horne and Newhall.

She was united in marriage to Clyde H. Jons on December 31, 1930 at Nevada. He preceded her in death in April of 1985. On December 5, 1988 she was united in marriage to John McConnaughey, Sr. at Yuma, AZ and he preceded her in death in September of 2001.

During World War II she worked as "Rosie the Riveter" building battleships. She owned three restaurants and worked as a ward attendant at Men's Morningside Hospital.

In her leisure she enjoyed dancing, knitting, quilting, fishing, hunting and playing cards.

Survivors include her nieces, Jean Garbers Kubu and husband, Gene, and Joan Garbers; her nephews, Dennis Young and wife, Rene, Richard Hall and wife, Ellen, Bob Hall and wife, Sharon, and Mark Hall and wife, Nancy; her step-son, John McConnaughey, Jr. and wife, Patti; and many great, great-great, and great-great-great, nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and two husbands, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Florence Grovert, and Geraldine Garbers; her brother, Wesley Young; two nephews and one niece.

Condolences may be left at: www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com.