PAUL R. JONES
Funeral services for Paul R. Jones, 91, of
Aurelia, will be 10:30 A.M. Monday, August 18, 2008, at the Bethlehem
Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Jim Steen officiating. Burial
will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Aurelia, with Military Honors by
Grashoff-McManus American Legion Post #390 of Aurelia. Visitation will
be Sunday from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. with the family being present from 3:00
to 5:00 P.M. at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia. A memorial fund has
been established.
Paul Robert Jones was born October 29, 1916,
in Aurelia, Iowa, the son of Robert Raymond and Bessie Blanche (Loucks)
Jones. Paul attended school and graduated from the Aurelia High School
in 1934. Then he attended Iowa State Teachers College, graduating with
his B. S. Degree in 1938. Paul was the first All American Football
Player named at the college. Later he was inducted into the sports Hall
of Fame at the University of Northern Iowa. Paul taught school and
coached at Correctionville, Adair, and Spencer, Iowa. On June 1, 1941
Paul married Genevieve Cathrine Ostergaard in Cedar Falls, Iowa, who was
teaching school in Correctionville, IA. He was inducted into the U.S.
Marine Corps on November 15, 1942, and obtained the rank of First
Lieutenant, being honorably discharged at San Francisco, CA in 1947.
While in military service he was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple
Heart. He then returned home and farmed until his retirement on October
29, 1978. In 1981 the couple moved to Kissimmee, FL. Paul returned to
Aurelia following the death of Genevieve on January 23, 2008, when he
became a resident of Sunset Knoll Nursing and Rehab Center. Paul was
an active member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee and the
Trinity Lutheran Church in Kissimmee, FL, the Grashoff-McManus American
Legion Post #390 of Aurelia, the Elks Lodge of Kissimmee, and the
Kissimmee Rotary in Florida honored him with the Paul Harris Fellow
Award. He enjoyed playing Bridge, all sports, reading, walking and
swimming, and most of all spending time with his family.
Paul died Friday, August 8, 2008 at the
Sunset Knoll Nursing and Rehab Center in Aurelia, Iowa.
Preceding Paul in death were his parents,
his wife Genevieve, an infant son, Clayton Howard in 1953, two sisters,
Gladys and Gertrude, and one brother, Richard.
Survivors include;
one daughter, Janis Gifford and her partner Tom Sjoberg of Kissimmee,
FL, three sons and their wives, Ron and Sue Jones of Aurelia, Roger and
Betty Ann Jones of Kissimmee, FL, and Bruce and Deena Jones of Aurelia,
12 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and a
host of friends.
