Stevie Jones

Stevie Leigh Jones, age 70, of Laramie, WY, formerly Hoquiam, WA, passed away Friday, March 24, 2023 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center due to complications from Sepsis. She was born on September 16, 1952 in Sylva, NC to the late Bruce Stephen and Betty Lee (Settlemyre) Jones.

Stevie was born in Sylva, North Carolina. She moved to Hoquiam, Washington with her parents in 1961. She graduated from Hoquiam High School in 1970. She briefly attended college at Olympia Technical Community College (now known as South Puget Sound Community College) in Olympia, WA. She worked as a Log Tagger and Picker at Anderson-Middleton Log Yard in Hoquiam, WA; she was a Tag Puller on Export Logs at the Grays Harbor Scaling Bureau; and she worked Utility at Weyerhauser in Aberdeen, WA. She was a stay at home mom with her daughter, Ashley until around 2003 when she went to work as a Receptionist at the Broadway Clinic in Aberdeen, WA. She also worked at the Quinault Beach Resort and Casino in Ocean Shores, WA as a Shuttle driver, Valet, and worked at the Q club front desk. She became disabled due to congestive heart failure and COPD and had to cease employment in 2005. In her earlier years, she enjoyed bowling and joined a bowling league at Rainier Lanes in Aberdeen, WA. She also enjoyed family tree work in the 80’s and early 90’s; she would travel to different parts of the country to take photos of gravesites, visit various historical archive offices, and communicate with other family members to obtain information to input into the family tree maker program. She joined Pogo and enjoyed playing Spades and Pinochle online with friends and her daughter, Ashley. She also loved to play bingo and enjoyed watching crime TV (NCIS, CSI). Her favorite author was Stephen King; she had a collection of most of his books. She also used to collect Beanie Babies with her daughter.

Stevie is survived by her son, Brian Messer of Aberdeen, WA; her daughter, Ashley De Boer (Jones) of Laramie, WY, formerly Hoquiam, WA; her grandsons, Stephen Messer of Aberdeen, WA, Rory Messer of Aberdeen, WA and Noah De Boer of Laramie, WY; sister, Shelly Jackson (Jones) of Lacey, WA.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Bruce Jones and Betty Jones (Settlemyre); her husband, Michael Jones (Butts) of Hoquiam, WA; her nephews, Steven Schuler of Shelton, WA and Kevin Schuler of Shelton, WA.
“I always thought my mom would live forever. It seems ridiculous to say, but she had fought through so much - the passing of my dad, congestive heart failure, COPD, she even beat small cell lung cancer. It led me to almost believe that she was invincible. My mom and I had a very special relationship - the type of relationship where we’d talk on the phone every day. When I was in high school, and when I would come home to visit, she and I would sit on her bed at night and talk for hours about anything and everything. Sometimes when I’d visit, we’d take a trip ‘around the loop’ (the Olympic Peninsula), maybe stop and have some clam chowder at the Fishin’ Hole in Montesano. She went with me when I bought my first car. She went with me when I flew out of
Sea-Tac Airport on my way to Great Lakes for bootcamp. She was at my bootcamp and college graduation. She walked me down the aisle when I got married. She hugged
me when I would cry. She celebrated with me when I was happy. She reassured me when I was scared or uncertain. We’d bake cookies, make fudge, watch movies and laugh. We’d stay up all night playing on our computers and sleep in until noon. We’d drive out to Tokeland, WA, blasting Patty Loveless, The Charlie Daniels Band and Lorrie Morgan in the car as we drove down that old beach highway. We would eat at my favorite restaurant - Mazatlan Mexican restaurant - and she would oblige, as apprehensive as she was (she would always say ‘oh gosh please no more Mexican food!’). I miss her so much. The hardest part is opening up my phone with my intent to call her, but knowing that no one will pick up. Nobody on this Earth will ever love and care for me like my mom did, and I will never stop needing my mom. She was my number one fan, my go-to person. She was my best friend. I love you, mom. - Ashley”.
A small gathering will be held in her honor in Grays Harbor County in Washington state during the Summer. The exact time and date are undetermined at this time.