Imogene (née Mullins) Jones Long, 110, of Indianapolis passed away July 5, 2017.
Imogene was a long time resident of the Irvington community on the east side of Indianapolis. She was loved and admired as a volunteer in numerous community organizations.
Born in 1906 in Trimble, Crawford County, Illinois to Raleigh P. Mullins and Montie (née Folch), she grew to adulthood in Greencastle, Indiana and graduated from DePauw University in 1927. She began work as a journalist for the Indianapolis Star. She was editor of Grit, the magazine of Delta Theta Tau, a philanthropic sorority of which she was President in 1937. For many years she wrote a weekly column for the East Side Herald, a community paper.
She married Elwood Jones, an Indianapolis attorney who died in 1957. On Nov. 25, 1995 she married George A. Long in Indianapolis, who preceded her in death in 2002.
Imogene served as Director of the Junior Red Cross of Indianapolis and Director of the Indianapolis Campfire Girls. Later, she began a business, The Four Season’s Import and Music Store in Irvington.
Among her many recognitions and awards were: Volunteer of the Year Award in 1999 by the Indianapolis Council of Club Women; recipient of the George Cottman Award by the Irvington Historical Society and the George Julian Award by Irvington Community Council. Governor Evan Bayh honored her by proclaiming June 6, 1998 as Imogene Jones Day. She loved children and served for many years as a volunteer and President of the Marion County Children’s Guardians Home Guild.
She is survived by two nieces and two nephews.
Services entrusted to Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel.
Imogene was a long time resident of the Irvington community on the east side of Indianapolis. She was loved and admired as a volunteer in numerous community organizations.
Born in 1906 in Trimble, Crawford County, Illinois to Raleigh P. Mullins and Montie (née Folch), she grew to adulthood in Greencastle, Indiana and graduated from DePauw University in 1927. She began work as a journalist for the Indianapolis Star. She was editor of Grit, the magazine of Delta Theta Tau, a philanthropic sorority of which she was President in 1937. For many years she wrote a weekly column for the East Side Herald, a community paper.
She married Elwood Jones, an Indianapolis attorney who died in 1957. On Nov. 25, 1995 she married George A. Long in Indianapolis, who preceded her in death in 2002.
Imogene served as Director of the Junior Red Cross of Indianapolis and Director of the Indianapolis Campfire Girls. Later, she began a business, The Four Season’s Import and Music Store in Irvington.
Among her many recognitions and awards were: Volunteer of the Year Award in 1999 by the Indianapolis Council of Club Women; recipient of the George Cottman Award by the Irvington Historical Society and the George Julian Award by Irvington Community Council. Governor Evan Bayh honored her by proclaiming June 6, 1998 as Imogene Jones Day. She loved children and served for many years as a volunteer and President of the Marion County Children’s Guardians Home Guild.
She is survived by two nieces and two nephews.
Services entrusted to Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel.
Imogene (née Mullins) Jones Long, 110, of Indianapolis passed away July 5, 2017.
Imogene was a long time resident of the Irvington community on the east side of Indianapolis. She was loved and admired as a volunteer in numerous community organizations.
Born in 1906 in Trimble, Crawford County, Illinois to Raleigh P. Mullins and Montie (née Folch), she grew to adulthood in Greencastle, Indiana and graduated from DePauw University in 1927. She began work as a journalist for the Indianapolis Star. She was editor of Grit, the magazine of Delta Theta Tau, a philanthropic sorority of which she was President in 1937. For many years she wrote a weekly column for the East Side Herald, a community paper.
She married Elwood Jones, an Indianapolis attorney who died in 1957. On Nov. 25, 1995 she married George A. Long in Indianapolis, who preceded her in death in 2002.
Imogene served as Director of the Junior Red Cross of Indianapolis and Director of the Indianapolis Campfire Girls. Later, she began a business, The Four Season’s Import and Music Store in Irvington.
Among her many recognitions and awards were: Volunteer of the Year Award in 1999 by the Indianapolis Council of Club Women; recipient of the George Cottman Award by the Irvington Historical Society and the George Julian Award by Irvington Community Council. Governor Evan Bayh honored her by proclaiming June 6, 1998 as Imogene Jones Day. She loved children and served for many years as a volunteer and President of the Marion County Children’s Guardians Home Guild.
She is survived by two nieces and two nephews.
Services entrusted to Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel.
Imogene was a long time resident of the Irvington community on the east side of Indianapolis. She was loved and admired as a volunteer in numerous community organizations.
Born in 1906 in Trimble, Crawford County, Illinois to Raleigh P. Mullins and Montie (née Folch), she grew to adulthood in Greencastle, Indiana and graduated from DePauw University in 1927. She began work as a journalist for the Indianapolis Star. She was editor of Grit, the magazine of Delta Theta Tau, a philanthropic sorority of which she was President in 1937. For many years she wrote a weekly column for the East Side Herald, a community paper.
She married Elwood Jones, an Indianapolis attorney who died in 1957. On Nov. 25, 1995 she married George A. Long in Indianapolis, who preceded her in death in 2002.
Imogene served as Director of the Junior Red Cross of Indianapolis and Director of the Indianapolis Campfire Girls. Later, she began a business, The Four Season’s Import and Music Store in Irvington.
Among her many recognitions and awards were: Volunteer of the Year Award in 1999 by the Indianapolis Council of Club Women; recipient of the George Cottman Award by the Irvington Historical Society and the George Julian Award by Irvington Community Council. Governor Evan Bayh honored her by proclaiming June 6, 1998 as Imogene Jones Day. She loved children and served for many years as a volunteer and President of the Marion County Children’s Guardians Home Guild.
She is survived by two nieces and two nephews.
Services entrusted to Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel.
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