Patricia M. Jones

Loving wife and mother, Patricia Jones passed on September 24, 2014, of complications of Lyme disease, which led to a fall at her home, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Patricia was born in Davenport on December 10, 1949. She graduated from Iowa State University and Kansas State University with a master's degree in counseling. Patricia was a counselor in Wichita, Kansas, as well as Cedar Rapids. She devoted her life to her husband, Thomas, and her daughter, Katherine Jones (fianc��, Carmon Rote). Patricia was the director of the Cedar Rapids chapter of the Lyme Disease Association (LDUC), and suffered many years from the illness. She and her family were featured in the Cedar Rapids Gazette regarding the dangers of Lyme disease. Patricia is survived by her husband, Thomas, her daughter, Katherine Jones (fianc��, Carmon Rote), all of Cedar Rapids. Patricia is also survived by her loving mother, June Gerard of Dubuque, Iowa; and siblings remain to mourn the passing of their sister; James, Karen, Julie, and Colleen. She was preceded in death by her father, Lawrence Gerard; infant children, Sarah and Shawn; and granddaughter, Taylor Marie Rote Jones. Visitation: 4-8 p.m. on Monday, September 29, 2014, at the Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, 1844 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, with a rosary at 4 p.m. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 857 Third Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Christopher Podhajsky. Interment: Lafayette Cemetery, rural Alburnett. Memorials are suggested to the Lyme Disease United Coalition, PO Box 86, Story City, Iowa 50248 or Yahweh Shalom, 688 Apache Point Drive, Climax Springs, Missouri 65324.