Her older brother Darrel “Doc” Wolfe resided in Payette, Idaho until his death in the spring of 2014.

By 1959 she had moved into a management position, and was responsible for the sales training of new recruits in the Boise valley market.

In 1990 she opened her own real estate brokerage firm, ERA Preferred Properties, in Payette, Idaho.

[4][5] However, legislative district boundaries in Idaho were not changed until the legislature adopted the recommendations of the state’s redistricting committee, which was charged with using the decennial census results to redraw district boundaries prior to the 1992 election.

Jones resigned her legislative seat in 1998 and accepted a position as executive director of the Idaho Real Estate Commission.

Governor Dirk Kempthorne appointed Thomas Limbaugh to fill Jones’ vacancy.

[13] She was appointed to this position by then-speaker of the Idaho House Mike Simpson, and was the first woman to hold the post.

[14] Jones challenged incumbent state Controller, Keith Johnson in the 2002 Republican primary election.

[15] In the 2006 Republican primary Jones returned and vied for the open State Controller’s seat against Royce C. Chigbrow.

[16] In the 2006 general election Jones faced Democratic candidate Jackie Groves Twilegar, and won by 73,969 votes, a margin of 17.06%.

[18] Nationally, Jones has served on the Board of Directors and as Treasurer for the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO).