ALTAMONT — Cheryl L. Jones, 39, of Altamont died Sunday, May 22, 2011, from injuries sustained from the tornado at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, where she was a patient.

She was born in Parsons to Lloyd D. and Mary L. (Uitts) Jones. She grew up in rural Altamont and attended Independence Bible School, where she graduated in 1989.

She worked as a telemetry technician at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita for several years.

She enjoyed playing piano and writing in her journal.

She is survived by her son, Brendan Sean Hamilton of Sedgwick; her father and stepmother, Lloyd and Ruth Jones of rural Altamont; a brother, Marvin Jones of Altamont; and a sister, Brenda Roark of Loveland, Ohio.

She was preceded in death by her mother in 2006.

The service will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Altamont Bible Holiness Church, Altamont. Burial will follow at Mound Valley Cemetery, Mound Valley. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Altamont.