Alice Lowe Jones

Alice Lowe Jones, 100 years old, most recently a resident of Brandywine Living in Moorestown, New Jersey, where she has lived for twelve years. Alice Lowe Johnson was born in Chicago on March 22, 1926, and soon moved to Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, where her mother’s family lived, after her father contracted tuberculosis, and subsequently died from it. She grew up in this small community, where her mother became a hairdresser, owning her own salon, and little Alice had her grandmother, aunts and uncles, and cousins close by. Later she lived in the Bronx and attended Evander Childs High School. Alice met Philip Jones while on a summer vacation at Pine Neck in Sag Harbor, Long Island, and they dated while he was at Hamilton College, and into the time he was in the Navy. Alice went to Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School in New York City and then worked at Baby Talk magazine and Cornell Medical Center. While Phil was home on medical leave from his Navy service, they got married in Rye, New York, on July 6, 1944. Alice weathered the concern for Phil as so many did for their loved ones in World War II, and he was in the thick of battles in the Pacific Theatre. When the war ended Alice and Phil lived in Parkchester in the Bronx. In March 1949 their son Philip was born, and soon thereafter they bought a house in Morristown, New Jersey. In July 1951 Patricia Jones was born, and the young family was complete. Phil’s business transfers eventually had the family living in Fairfield, Connecticut, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Shaker Heights, Ohio, with Alice focusing on home and family. When both children were in college, there was a move to Ewing Township, New Jersey, where Alice and Phil lived for decades, and Alice re-entered the business world for a time. When Phil developed Alzheimer’s, Alice was his attentive caregiver for several years. In in 2014 Phil and Alice moved to Brandywine Living. He died in 2016. Alice continued in the assisted living community, with daily visits from her son, Philip, living a mile away, and with friends among the other residents and the staff. Alice had a long interest in genealogy, antiques, and history. She welcomed dogs to the family. She had organizational methods for everything, applying her professional training and personal aptitude. She designed family vacations and outings via car to historic sites, grandparents, nearby skiing, the American South, Atlantic beaches, Canada, and multiple trips to Niagara Falls. She always followed with great interest the doings of her children and their families. Alice is survived by her son, Philip (Vickie Robertson) of Moorestown, New Jersey, and her daughter, Patricia Jones (Allen Gibas) of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and by her grandson, Patrick Jones of New York City and her granddaughter Julia Gibas-Jones of Lisbon Portugal. Services and interment will be private. No flowers please. If you want to make a memorial gift, please do so to the good cause of your choice.

Alice Lowe Jones

April 28, 2026