Woodsville, NH- Reita Mae Jones, 83, a long-time Woodsville resident, died on Friday, October 17, 2014, at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, St. Johnsbury, VT, following a period of failing health. Reita was born on September 30, 1931, in Thetford, VT, to George and Sybil (Stone) Boyd. She graduated from Woodsville High School, Class of 1949, and attended college in North Hampton, MA. On May 30, 1964, she married Frederick M. Bud Jones. For many years Reita was a supervisor for the Health & Human Services Division Office in Woodsville, and later in Littleton, NH. She retired from this position on September 30, 1993. She then worked at Cottage Hospital in Woodsville as a unit secretary for six years. Reita was a member of the Woodsville United Methodist Church, and Women s Club where she served as Treasurer, and was a member and treasurer of the Woodsville Public Library Board. She was also a member of Ladies Auxiliary Post # 20 American Legion of Woodsville, a member of the Haverhill Bath Covered Bridge Restoration Project, a member and past president of the Cottage Hospital Auxiliary, and the Woodsville Sunshine Bowling League. Reita was an avid reader. She enjoyed playing bingo and cribbage, was passionate about the Red Sox, and was a Celtics fan, also. She was predeceased by her husband, Frederick Bud Jones on February 1, 2008, and by her siblings, Andrew Duke Boyd, Clifford Tug Boyd, Betty Dresser, and Gloria Kenney. She is survived by a son Clifford Call and wife Linda of Auburn, ME, and a daughter Barbara Byrne and husband Harry of North Danville, VT; three grandchildren, Tina Wyman and partner Amy Cole and their children Brandon Wyman and Grace of Littleton, NH, Angela Call and fianc ` Michael Tomer of Braintree, MA, and Christopher Byrne and wife Robyn of Bethlehem, NH; along with several sisters- and brothers-in-law, and nieces, and nephews. Calling hours will be on Thursday, October 23rd from 6 to 8 PM at Ricker Funeral Home, 1 Birch Street, Woodsville, NH. A memorial service will be on Friday, October 24th, at 11 AM at the Woodsville United Methodist Church, Maple Street, Woodsville, with Pastor Clint Brake, officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, Swiftwater Road, Woodsville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Woodsville United Methodist Church, c/o Mrs. Paula House, PO Box 282, Woodsville, NH 03785.