Hanna Jones, who was Utah's oldest resident, has died at 107.
Jones died Tuesday night at the Beaver Valley Hospital.She was born Oct. 2, 1887, in England and came to Utah by covered wagon when she was 3. She spent her youth in Manti, and moved with her husband to Adamsville near Beaver in 1906.
Her husband died in 1935.
"She worked hard," her daughter Rhoda Robinson said. "There were times I remember her working all day in the cafeteria serving us school lunch and then coming home, fixing dinner and working in a cafe washing dishes."
Jones retired when she was 79.
Her daughters, Robinson and Alta Boyter, live in Beaver. Her son, David, was killed in a sulphur plant at age 32. She also has six grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, 34 great-great-grandchildren, and four great-great-great-grandchildren.
Robinson said when people asked her mother her secret to a long life, "Mother would always tell people `I guess I'm too mean to die.' She wasn't really mean, though."
One published report quoted her as saying, "If you want to live to be 100, take care of your legs."
Robinson said the most important things she learned from her mother were strong morals and integrity.
"I've learned to be good," Robinson said. "She was a member of the LDS Church. She believed it, and she lived it. Even though I didn't always follow her, that was what she taught."
Robinson said her mother valued honesty and taught her children the importance of dealing fairly with people. Robinson said her mother's faith in God also contributed to her long life.
Susan Orton of the Cedar City Department of Human Services Adult Services Division said Jones did not move into a nursing home until a few months before her death.
Robinson said her mother was fortunate to have good health for her entire life.
"She never even had an operation until she was in the hospital for a broken hip two years ago," Robinson said.