Debora Jane Jones

WATERVILLE – Debora Jane Jones, passed away unexpectedly on April 8, 2021, two weeks after turning 56. She was born on March 25, 1965, to Alfred (Bub) and Barbara Jones in Waterville.

Debbie grew up in Vassalboro and graduated from Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield in 1983. As a child, Debbie was often referred to as a little mother hen. Often carrying around one of her younger sisters or a younger cousin. She would put her younger cousin, Dusty, in the basket on her bike and ride around with him.

Debbie always loved children and was thrilled to give birth to her only child, Mandy. She was equally thrilled to become a grandmother and loved spending time with her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren.

We are comforted by the teachings of the Bible that “beyond the grave, the loved ones gone before are waiting to welcome us to our eternal home”.

Those that went before her include her maternal grandparents, Karl Larrabee and Glendora Coombs, paternal grandparents, Alfred and Madeline Jones, her mother, Barbara Mitchell, a stepsister, Lois Brown, an uncle, Karl “Sonny” Larrabee and cousin, Mark Cain.

Debbie is survived by her father, Alfred (Bub) Jones of Brewer, daughter, Mandy Grant and her husband Matt as well as her grandchildren, Matt Jr. and Madilyn, all of Canaan; her sisters, Tina White and husband Roger of Jefferson, Sandra Child of Mexico and Kimberly Nelson and husband Wayne of Windham; as well as many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Services will be held on April 17, 2021, at 1 p.m., outside at the Quaker Hill Cemetery on Quaker Hill Road, Unity.

Arrangements under the direction and care of Dan & Scott’s Cremation & Funeral Service, 445 Waterville Road, Skowhegan ME 04976.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a go fund me account set up by her daughter to help defray burial costs:

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Debora Jane Jones