Geneva Vivian Ives, 85, of Little Boston died on Feb. 3 at her home surrounded by loving family. Ives was born to Clara and Foster Jones on April 18, 1923.

The eldest of 13 children, she was the first Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal member to graduate North Kitsap in 1941.

She married Joseph C. Ives on June 17, 1944. Geneva dedicated her entire life to the Lord; she was a faithful member of S’Klallam Worship Center. She was very talented and a teacher of many things; S’Klallam culture, language and song, beadwork, traditional foods and medicine, and the worship of God.

Ives was a teacher, assistant to the medical clinic in Port Gamble and retired as a clerk from the S’Klallam Smokeshop. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband Joseph C. Ives; brother Robert Jones; sisters Virginia Ives, Helen Nicholson, Betty Roberts, and Leola Sparks; daughter Carmelita Seachord; grandchildren Santana and Edawnya Ives and great-grand daughter Shannon Sullivan.

She is survived by her brothers William, Daniel, Floyd, Jake, Don and Gene Jones; six children: sonsJoseph, Raymond and Patrick Ives and daughters Tina Ives Armstrong, Debra and Betty DeCoteau; 31 grand-children; 35 great-grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and alot more loving family.

Funeral service will be Feb. 7 11 at Little Boston Tribal Center, Kingston.

An online memorial can be signed and viewed at www.cookfamilyfuneralhome.com