Grace Jones-Faulkner

Grace Jones-Faulkner, the youngest of 8 children, was born near Sundance, WY on August 8, 1923.

She was a young teenager when she moved to Kirkland, WA. She attended Kirkland High School and graduated in 1941. Grace went to work for the Army Air Corps at Paine Field in Everett doing sheet metal work on Pursuit airplanes. In 1943 she joined the ranks of “Rosie the Riveter” as an Arc Welder at the Kirkland shipyards. It was here she became queen of her shipyard and the top-ranking war-bond sales girl.

After WWII, Grace married her first love, McAdoo Jones on November 18, 1943 in Kirkland. In 1947, she gave birth to twins. McAdoo died in 1970 and Grace worked as a teacher’s aide for special needs children at the Lake Washington Technical Vocational Center from 1973 to 1983. Grace married Russell H. Faulkner on July 1, 1983. Russell died in 1999.

Grace was a life-long member of the Rose Hill Presbyterian Church. It was her honor to become a deacon of this church in her later years. This active woman loved the outdoors and believed that gardening helped keep her spirit alive. It was a proud day for her when she became a Master Gardener. Her 5 grandchildren were a source of pleasure as were the trained dogs and cats that moved with her through the years.

Grace passed peacefully on July 5, 2013 in Wenatchee, WA. Her extended family will remember her with affection. Survivors include Michael Jones of Portland, OR, Marnie Cox of Wenatchee, Nancy Faulkner of Redmond, Lincoln Kaiser of Kirkland and Duane Kaiser of Sumner.