Jones, Lillian
Lillian Radcliffe Jones, 97, formerly of Windsor Locks CT passed away February 13, 2024. She was born in Port Chester, NY on June 18,1926 daughter of the late Lillian (Klein) and Harold F. Radcliffe. She attended F. E. Bellows High School in Mamaroneck, NY where she met the love of her life, Elmer. Lillian and Elmer were married for 64 years until his death in 2014. Lillian was also predeceased by three brothers, Harold, John and George Radcliffe. Lillian and Elmer raised their three children in Windsor Locks, CT where they lived for almost 50 years. After raising her children, Lillian went to work at Combustion Engineering. She loved being with family and friends traveling on numerous cruise ships in retirement and arranging trips for the CE Retirees Club. She was a woman of many interests with a thirst for understanding all that was going on in the world. She enjoyed the theater, music, dancing, reading, knitting, sewing, bird watching, bowling, and nurturing her many plants. She was actively involved in all of our lives as children and adults, often offering advice and sharing newspaper clippings she thought we should see. She was an avid New York Yankee fan and devoted follower of the UConn women’s basketball team. Lillian will be dearly missed and fondly remembered by her loving family; two daughters and sons-in-law, Claudia (Jones) and John Condon of Old Lyme, Priscilla (Jones) and William Serafin of Calabash, North Carolina and her son Robert Jones of Windsor Locks. She also leaves two very special grandchildren, Joseph Serafin and Jessica (Serafin) Grow, her husband Jared and their two children Emma and Evan Grow of Canton, Robert’s three sons Brian, Jason and Nicholas Jones and their seven children.
A Memorial Celebration of Lillian’s life will be held Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. at the FarleySullivan Funeral Home, 34 Beaver Road, Wethersfield, CT 06109. Burial will follow the service in the State of CT Veteran’s Cemetery, Bow Lane, Middletown. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Lillian’s name to the St. Jude Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, the Alzheimer’s Association Connecticut Chapter, 2075 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 100, Rocky Hill, CT 06067 or to a charity of your choice. To extend online condolences or to share a memory, please visit farleysullivan.com.