Pearl Heywood Jones

Pearl Jones, 95 peacefully passed from this life July 16, 2025. She was born June 10, 1930, to J. Neal Heywood and Emma Fredericksen in Snowflake, Arizona, their youngest and only girl.

She grew up in Snowflake, graduating from high school in 1948.  After one year at the University of Arizona she moved to San Diego where she entered nurses training at San Diego County Hospital.  After graduation she married Bob Jones.  They lived in China Lake, California while he finished his service in the Marine Corps.  Upon discharge they moved to Tempe.

Pearl worked at Arizona State Hospital for a year, then as an office nurse for many years.  She started working at Mesa Lutheran Hospital when it opened.  After working on many different floors and positions in the hospital she landed in Labor and Delivery, where she worked until she retired.  It was her favorite place – she told her family that it was the happiest place in the hospital.  Upon retiring she served family and friends in many different capacities.

She is preceded in death by her parents, brothers Bernard, Max, Charles and Junius, and her husband Bob.  She is survived by her children Susie (Steve) Hatch, Kathy Sorenson, Robert (Sabrina) Jones and Richard (Jeni) Jones; 17 grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren.

A viewing at Bunker Garden Chapel will be held Friday, July 25, from 7-8 p.m.  Services will be on Saturday, July 26, at 11 a.m. at the Stewart Ward building, 613 N. Stewart, Mesa.

For those that would like to view the service online use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/94443704361

Arrangements by Bunker’s University Chapel, www.bunkerfuneral.com. Should this obituary appear anywhere but bunkerfuneral.com, please check our website for accurate details and service information.