KENNEBUNKPORT- Sabra "Sue" Rowell Jones, age 86, passed away peacefully at
her home at Goose Rocks Beach June 30th, 2019 after a period of declining health.
She was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on April 28th, 1932, a daughter of the late
Elwyn and Constance (Glendon) Rowell. After graduating from the Bethesda, Maryland
High School she attended Mount Holyoke College.
Sabra married Charles "Chuck" R. Jones in 1953 after they met while both were
working as Camp counselors at a Boy scout and Girl scout camp on a lake in Rhode
Island.
They initially lived in Springfield, Massachusetts but moved to Marblehead, Massachusetts
in 1960. Sabra had a career in Property Management and Accounting. When Sabra's
husband Chuck was employed by Ketchum Incorporated of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
she worked with Chuck conducting various Fund raising campaigns for non-profit
organizations.
In 1980, Sabra and Chuck moved to their beloved home at Goose Rocks Beach in
Kennebunkport, Maine. While in Kennebunkport, Sabra was a member of St. David's
Episcopal church, and the Seacoast Garden club. She enjoyed getting together with her
friends to play Bridge, gardening and of course, sitting on Goose Rocks Beach with
family and friends.
She is predeceased by her husband Chuck who passed away in 1994 and her brother
Glendon who passed away in 2010.
Sabra is survived by her son Charles Bradford Jones, his wife Melissa Hutton Jones, and
her only grandson, Charles Ike Jones of Odenton, Maryland and her son Bruce Rowell
Jones of Kennebunkport, Maine.
The family will have a small service at Goose Rocks Beach at their convenience. Her
ashes will be scattered in the ocean off of goose Rocks beach so she may 'join" her husband
Chuck and brother Glendon. Online condolences may be submitted at http://www.mainefuneral.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Hospice of Southern Maine,
180 US Rt. 1, Scarborough, Maine 04074 or to Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library,
18 Maine St. P.O. Box 391, Kennebunkport, Maine 04046.
Arrangements are with Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service, Buxton, www.mainefuneral.com