Doris M. Jones
Doris M. Jones, age 83, of Newton, passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2021. Daughter of the late William E. Jones and Ann (Fedor) Hardony. Mother of Monica Beth Jones and the late Pamela Leigh Jones (Horwitz). Dear grandmother of Nicholas Michael Rider. Loving sister of the late William E. Jones, Jr. Wife of Vincent T. Corniello. Doris enjoyed a long and successful career in Boston’s legal industry starting as a freelance stenographer with Doris O. Wong Associates before taking an official reporting position at the Federal Court with Judge Keaton. Doris opened her own court reporting firm, Doris M. Jones & Associates in 1979 where she trained and mentored many new court reporters, and growing the company to over 40 people who worked in Boston’s largest and most prestigious law firms. Doris M. Jones & Associates was chosen as Best Court Reporting Company in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly readers’ poll several years in a row in the 1990s. Doris sold her company and retired in 2002 but missed reporting and interacting with clients so much, she came out of retirement to co-found Jones & Fuller Reporting in 2004 where she worked until her retirement in 2014. Jones & Fuller continues to do business under the leadership of those she mentored for so many years. Graveside service will be held Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 1:30pm at The Gardens at Gethsemane, 670 Baker St. West Roxbury, MA. Donations in her memory may be made to The Jimmy Fund P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284.