Barbara Anne (Kasel) Jones

FLORENCE, MA –Barbara Anne (Kasel) Jones, 89, died November 21, 2025, at the Knollwood Nursing Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.

She was born May 8, 1936, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Mary Elizabeth (Schlotthauer) Kasel and Francis Xavier Kasel of Columbia, Pennsylvania.

She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1954 and Trinity College in Washington, D.C., in 1958.

Mrs. Jones spent her career in elementary education, teaching second and third grade in the Northampton Public Schools, including Florence Grammar, Ryan Road, Leeds and Jackson Street.

Mrs. Jones enjoyed a long retirement with her husband William (Bill) Jones who predeceased her in 2021. They enjoyed spending the winter months in Nokomis, Florida.

She is survived by her son, Stephen Justin Jones, of Briarcliff Manor, New York, and her son, Michael William Jones, and daughter-in-law, Sharon Foster of Hudson, Massachusetts, four grandchildren, William, Henry, Elliot, and Diana Jones, and her brother, Francis Xavier Kasel, Jr., of Boonton, New Jersey, and nine nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her firstborn son, William Powell Jones, Jr., who died in infancy.

Calling hours will take place at Ahearn Funeral Home, 783 Bridge Road in Northampton, on Wednesday, November 26, from 9:00-10:45 am. A funeral mass will be held at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, 85 Beacon Street, Florence, on Wednesday, November 26, at 11:00 a.m., followed by interment at St. Mary Cemetery.

If desired, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Look Memorial Park.