JONES, Paul R.

JONES, LOUCKS, OSTERGAARD, GIFFORD, SJOBERG

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 8/12/2008 at 14:15:03

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.