Gail Jones

Mar 9, 1938 -

May 29, 2023

Gail Jones, age 85, died on May 29, 2023, at a local assisted living facility with her family by her side.

She was born in Virginia, the second child of Glenn and Margaret Sharp. The family moved to Missouri for most of her childhood and then to Fairbanks, Alaska, during her high school years.

She and her first husband returned to Alaska in 1969 with their three children. They later divorced and she went to work in the insurance industry. During her career, she earned many prestigious professional designations. She spent the majority of her career at Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. and retired from there in 1996.

She truly lived in her retirement, finding joy in travel, working on her cabin and making quilts for those she loved and for those who needed love. She donated hundreds of children's quilts to local foster and hospital agencies.

Her ashes will be scattered in Talkeetna, Alaska, at a later date and she'll be toasted with Diet Coke as we remember her love of games and sarcasm.

She is survived by daughter, Laura Jones; daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Paul Dougherty; son and daughter-in-law, Kurt and Renee Behymer; sister-in-law, Karen Boorman; niece and wife, Lynn and Shelly Henry-Sharp; as well as grandchildren, Rachel Jones, Elisabeth Jones, Anna Osgood and husband Blake Osgood, Aaron Dougherty, Mary Dougherty and Katelyn Behymer; and great-grandchildren, Heloise Lisse, Elouan Lisse and Otis Osgood.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Lee Sharp; and niece, Tracy Sharp.

Special thanks to her good friends Fran Strickland, Valerie Butler and Jan Benish, who supported her in her final years after her stroke.