Regina Mcafee Jones Obituary, Death – On Friday, September 22, 2023, Regina “Jeanie” Jones, of Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania and Avalon, New Jersey, passed away. She was originally from Maple Glen, Pennsylvania. Teacher, designer, model, dancer, runner, matriarch, fighter; wife; mother; aunt; friend; grandma (“Mac”).
Jeanie had a rich, rewarding life with her husband (and childhood crush) of 42 years, Jeff Jones, and a large and loving extended family and group of close friends. Her beauty belied her age of 65. Jeanie McAfee, the second youngest of seven children born to Joseph Patrick “Reds” McAfee Sr. and Regina McGinley McAfee,
grew up in Philadelphia and attended Bishop McDevitt High School, where she served as captain of the volleyball team, a member of student council, and a leading actress in the school’s productions. Jeanie was crowned McDevitt’s 1976 Homecoming Queen. She went on to earn degrees from Temple University and careers as a teacher, model, mom, and grandma.
Continuing her passionate family spirit, she is survived by Jeff Jones and the proud mother of children Kirk Archer Fitzgerald Jones, Penelope Regina Jones, Jeffrey James “JJ”, Kelly Michael, and Leo McAfee Vaughan, as well as their in-laws Megan Jones and Kevin Vaughan, and grandkids Jeffrey James “JJ”, Kelly Michael, and Leo McAfee Vaughan. Dear sister of Joseph McAfee Jr. and his wife Kathleen, Eileen Wilson and her husband John,
Michael McAfee and his wife Tracey, and James McAfee and his wife Maureen. She is the “Second Mother” to many people in Philadelphia, Avalon, and Sea Isle City, as well as the teammates of her children’s sports teams at Washington & Lee, Duke, and Delaware. She has 37 nieces and nephews who adore her.
Jeanie was as lovely as she was nice. Meeting the love of her life on the shores of Avalon and Sea Isle City, this proud Irishwoman went on to construct a happy life centered on summertime traditions. Her constant delight with her friends’ children was a result of her own infinite fun with her own children. She dedicated her life to taking care of her loved ones.
Over the years, she could be spotted cheering on the Germantown Academy football team, overseeing an auction for Saint Alphonsus Catholic School, enjoying a martini at the New York Athletic Club (where she was affectionately known as “Missy” by the bellmen who had welcomed her and Jeff for the past four decades), basking in the Florida sun, getting dolled up for a Broadway matinee,
sitting in a navy striped beach chair off 30th Street in Avalon In Avalon, she felt most at ease while she was sitting with her family and taking notes while paging through a beautifully designed coffee table book. Late at night, she and her best pals would dance on kitchen countertops. Amyloidosis was a rare protein illness that Jeanie fought valiantly until her death in 2020.
The memorial service for Jeanie will be conducted on September 29, 2023, at Our Mother of Consolation Roman Catholic Church, located at 9 East Chestnut Hill Avenue in Philadelphia. Mass will begin precisely at 11:00 a.m., after a receiving line that forms at 9:30 a.m. Interment under secrecy. Donations to Our Mother of Consolation Roman Catholic Church may be offered in place of flowers and gifts to honor Jeanie.
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