01/06/2026
Harriet Ann Jones
Age 104 of Minerva and East Rochester - Harriet Ann Jones (née Kiehl, formerly Miller)
Harriet A. Jones passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, January 3, 2026 surrounded by her family and son, Tim Miller and caregiver, Tonya Fry who took such wonderful care of her these last 3 years. She was born January 3rd, 1922 at Hamilton Ohio, daughter of Harry & Mrs. H.R. (Rutledge) Kiehl. She married Robert Blaine Miller and had four children, Elizabeth Abigail, John Jay, Thomas Kiehl, and Timothy.
She married Jesse Jones in 1992 after the death of Robert in 1986.
Harriet is a 1940 graduate of McKinley High School, and Aultman Hospital School of Nursing in 1943 with an RN. She served in the US Army during World War II as a first lieutenant with the Army Medical Corps, 52nd General Hospital, Wolverley Camp - Kidderminster England where she helped stand up a hospital for what was to come on D-Day. She cared for hundreds of patients that had been injured in battle. Harriet was discharged in 1946 and received the ETO Ribbon and the Victory Medal 20/S Service Bars.
After the war she returned to Canton and married Robert. They moved to Santa Barbara for four years before returning to Ohio and buying a small farm in West Township. She worked at Aultman Hospital as a pediatric nurse from 1970 to 1987 while continuing to serve her community in organizations such as the Red Cross, Don V. Cross American Legion Post 357, Minerva Area RNs, and the Minerva Community Meals program, of which she was one of the founders of in 1976. She was very dedicated to the Meals programs and served as a cook in the 1980s and became the driver coordinator in 1994. She worked with the meals program until her early nineties when she developed macular degeneration and was forced to step aside.
Harriet was honored as Minerva’s Person of the Year in 2012. She was honored by the Great Trail DAR during the Osnaburg Quilt and Art Fibers Guild’s Honors Night at the Foltz Community Center.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Miller; her second husband, Jessie Jones; daughter Elizabeth and son Thomas. She is survived by two sons, John (Wendy) Miller, Timothy Miller, 3 stepchildren, Cathy (Charles) Witherspoon, Laurie Toalston, James Jones, five grandchildren Megan, Angela, Jason, Christopher, Ashley, and nine great grandchildren Dexter, Willow, Rowan, Michael, Tessa, Frank, Ian, Jacob and Samuel and two great-great grandchildren Leo and Lucy.
Funeral services will be Friday, Jan. 16th at 12 noon in the Gotschall-Hutchison Funeral Home in Minerva with Rev. Peggy Garner officiating. Burial with full military honors will be in Moultrie Chapel Cemetery. Calling hours will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home from 11am to 12 noon. In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Minerva Community Meals c/o 204 Edgewood Dr., Minerva, OH 44657. Those wishing to send condolences may sign the online register at www.gotschallfuneralhome.com.
