It had been difficult to remain there anyway with John gone and looking toward a summer birth, so she and Lizzie moved in with her parents until John Edward Jones II was born in June. ![]() She returned with Lizzie to their family apartment at John’s school in Virginia, but because it was student-family housing and there was no longer a student living there, they had to move. That proved to be among the most difficult things she would face. He has work to do and I need to figure out what I’m going to do.” What now for Jones’ widow and family “I’d had my fair share of doubts and struggles, but after my experiences after John’s death, I knew death wasn’t the end. “I hadn’t always had an amazing testimony,” she said. She said she had several experiences that left her certain that John continued to exist, despite his death. I felt like Heavenly Father is going to take care of us and it’s going to be OK.” ![]() “I was obviously devastated and I missed John and it was rough, but I felt full of faith. “Definitely for the first few months I just felt really buoyed up, I felt OK,” she said. His remains are entombed there still.Įmily, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said it was her faith that sustained her. He died after spending 27 hours in a small opening in the cave, unable to be extricated by rescuers. They were coming to announce that they were expecting their second child.īut a pre-Thanksgiving outing to the cave left John, 26, trapped. ![]() Man trapped in Utah County’s Nutty Putty cave diesĪ November trip brought Emily, her husband John, and their 13-month old daughter, Lizzie, home for a visit to Utah from Virginia, where John was attending medical school.Nutty Putty Cave accident victim’s widow: ‘I know there is life after death’.
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