Floy Ray Tonne

Floy Ray (Jones) Tonne left this earth on November 30th, 2014 and was greeted at Heaven's gates by her husband of 70 years, Alfred O. Tonne, the parents to which she was born on February 11, 1919, RPH (Hobson) and Ruth (Singleton) Jones. Also there to greet her was her very special sister Novella Dehnel, younger brother Sam Jones and her Great Granddaughter, Cheyenne Bednar. Growing up during the depression, Floy Ray learned at an early age to work hard and continued to do so up until this last year. She worked multiple jobs from a full service laundry, bookkeeping, teaching and in later years quilting, along with her fabulous cooking through the years. During her teaching career at Eola, Carlsbad, Mereta and Wall, she made lasting friendships with students, parents, other teachers and members of those communities. She was always volunteering and involved with activities at the Eola Baptist Church, the Eola Community Center and the various schools that she worked for, or where her kids or her Grandkids attended. She was always supportive her children and more especially with her Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren. Her Great-Great grandkids would come to join her for Halloween festivities during her last years. Floy Ray is survived by her four children and their spouses, Alfred Lee and Susan Tonne of Buda, Benny and Priscilla Tonne of Eola, Shirley and Clifford Berry of Shallowater and Elizabeth and Herman McGill of San Angelo. Her eleven grandchildren Glen (Kelly) Berry, Paul (Allison) Tonne, Kathy (Bill) Berry-Brunson, Vince (Lori Jo) Bednar, Vanzant (Bridgette) Bednar, Darrell (Melissa) Tonne, Melissa Tonne-Durst, Doug (Denise) Tonne, Vannessa (Eugene) Bednar-Gibson, Debbie Tonne and Marcus Wright. She also has 23 great-grandkids and 9 great-great grandkids. She is survived by her in-laws Raymond Dehnel, Mozzelle Tonne and Gussie Tonne, as well as numerous special nieces and nephews. Services will be at 2:00 pm in the Robert Massie Funeral Chapel, followed by internment at Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Eola Baptist Church, the Eola Community Center, or a charity of your choice.