Helen L. Jonas, age 81, died January 5, 2014 at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. She was born February 29, 1932 at Pawnee, Oklahoma the daughter of Cecil Cleeve and Elsie Mae ( Feaster) Richmond. Helen, a lifelong Hoisington resident, graduated from Hoisington High School and attended Salt City Business College in Hutchinson, Kansas. She was a school bus driver for the Hoisington Public Schools for thirteen years and later worked at the Great Bend Senior Center until her retirement. Helen was involved with EHU, and 4H. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Hoisington, and the Eastern Star. She enjoyed making wedding cakes, sewing, gardening, and cooking. On December 1, 1953 she married Alfred H. Jonas at Santa Fe, New Mexico. He preceded her in death on April 8, 2007. Survivors include three sons: Steven Jonas and wife Kathy, Kevin Jonas and wife Kathryn, and Shawn Jonas and wife Janet all of Hoisington; two daughters: Sharon Jenkins of Hoisington, and Kathy Reynolds and husband Merle of Dexter, New Mexico; thirteen grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister: Laurene Richmond; one son: Kirk Jonas; two grandsons, and one great-grandson. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday January 9, 2014 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home with Pastor Kris Brinlee officiating. Burial will follow at Hoisington Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday, January 8, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. with family present from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to First United Methodist Church in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, Kansas 67544.