Linda K Jones

Schenectady - Linda K. Jones, born on April 4, 1945, in Cobleskill, NY passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 23, 2022. Her vibrant personality and joyous wonder lead her to study early childhood education at SUNYCobleskill and University of Wisconsin at Madison. Through the years she worked at Head Start in Buffalo, became the Day Care Director of Carver Community Center in Hamilton Hill and Russell Sage College, and ended her career at NY State Department of Child Protective Services. In her free time, she loved music, art, and architecture. Whenever possible she was on Lake George and enjoying the Adirondacks. She is predeceased by her father (Harold L. Jones), mother (F. Charlotte Meggy), sister(Ellen A. Saunders) and brother (Jeffrey H. Jones). As a single mother she raised her surviving daughter Ellen Lynette Williams. Services will be held at Demarco-Stone Funeral Home, 1605 Helderberg Ave., Rotterdam on Friday, September 2nd at 7pm. A visitation will be held prior from 5-7pm. In lieu of flowers, her daughter asks to please donate in her name to Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, the Wildlife Fund or the Adirondack Foundation.