Virginia Jones Kowallis

Virginia Jones Kowallis
Attended by her daughters who loved her, Virginia Jones Kowallis, 93, gently slipped into heaven. We can but imagine the joy she felt when reunited with her beloved, departed companion, Wilford.

She came into this world as the eldest child of Frank W. and Charlotte Jones on September 1, 1915. She took this role seriously and attended to the welfare of her siblings throughout their lives, being called "Big Mama" by one and “Angel Mother" by another.
She had an unshakable testimony of Christ that shaped her life from a very early age. She was blessed to find a companion who shared this faith and together they formed a home that echoed with prayer and exemplified service. They were wise in how they nurtured their 3 daughters, allowing them to leam from their mistakes in a secure environment of unconditional love. She was a tremendous support to Dad in his church callings, and together they served in the Logan Temple a combined total of 75 years, and they fulfilled one of Mom’s long held wishes by serving as missionaries in the Hartford Connecticut LDS Mission.
She had a fierce loyalty to family and a love that surmounted misunderstandings.
She had such an intense love of family that her greatest happiness came when every member of her family were together in the same room at the same time touching shoulders. She had the ability to create magic at Christmas on a tight budget, she loved feeding her family way beyond the age her body would allow her to do it easily.
She had a gift for fun and enjoyment of life as exemplifed by her dances around the house, fliting her skirts, after a good game of golf. This gift also blessed her elderly years when she was discovered by a daughter dancing with her wheelchair in her living room to the music of Lawrence Welk.
She responded to beauty. Flowers and the song of birds graced every season of her life. She found solace sitting with dad by the Logan River. She found peace in nature and when she started painting at 65 years of age she painted this nature she loved. She wrote poetry. She learned to play the piano at 50 years of age. She was one of the first to sign up to audit free classes at USU for those over 62 years of age.
She had busy hands and a lets go and do personality. She created and sold her handiwork and her paintings. She thrived in the social life. With Dad she belonged to a Book of Mormon club that lasted over 50 years. She was a member of the Logan Business Professional Women's Club, a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and was never without a church calling. She was a staunch and constant guide and example to her children and her grand and great children by the way she lived. Surely she is blessed of the Lord.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Dorothy Bigham. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-laws, Marvin and Diane Fifield, William and Carol Onyon, and Mark and Julie Tandberg; her siblings Peggy Webber, Frank and Eileen Jones, and Barbara Cutler; her sister-in-laws Bertha Error and Avis Petersen; and 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 12 Noon on Saturday I April 18, 2009 at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center Street in Logan. Friends and family may call from 6 to 8 pm on Friday evening at the mortuary and from 10 :30 to 11:30 AM prior to the services. Burial will be in the Logan City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.allenmortuaries.net