JONES, James S. 'Jim' 1937 - 2015

JONES, BAILEY, ANDERSON, RUFF

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/9/2015 at 21:16:59

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Friday, May 1, 2015
Page 8

James S. JONES

James S. (Jim) JONES 78, of Macomb, formerly of Avon, Illinois, died at 12:03 p.m. Wednesday April 29, 2015 at Wesley Village.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday May 2, 2015 at the Avon United Methodist Church where visitation will be today from 6-8 p.m. with a Masonic Service at 8 p.m. The Reverend Trish Chapman will officiate.

Interment will be in the Avon Cemetery. Memorial Contributions can be made to the Avon United Methodist Church, McDonough District Hospital Hospice Progran or to the Parkinson's Disease Fund at McDonough District Hospital. Corman Memorial Home in Avon is in charge of arrangements. Friends are invited to sign the guestbook and leave condolences at www.cormanmh.com

Jim was born Jan. 27, 1937 in Fairfield, Iowa to Sam and Lillian (BAILEY) JONES. He married Judith K. (ANDERSON) JONES in Birmingham, Iowa, Nov. 22, 1956 they shared 58 years of marriage. She survives.

He grew up in Birmingham, Iowa and graduated from Birmingham High School in 1954. He served in the National Guard for seven years in the Army Artillery Unit at Washington, Iowa. Jim was employed by Roberts and Dybdahl as a lumber trader for 40 years retiring in 2007.

He was a past associate director of the Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers Association before retirement. Prior to that he was in retail lumber sales in Fairfield, Grand Mound, and Stanwood, Iowa. In Grand Mound and Stanwood he was a member and past president of the volunteer fire department. He was a past member of hte Stanwood Lions Club, 50-plus year member of the Avon Harmony Lodge No. 253 in Avon, IL, and enjoyed helping with the CHIPS Program, and a past board member and president of the Avon School District and Little Swan Lake Association.

He enjoyed country music, square dancing, landscaping and the 43 years spent residing at Little Swan Lake. He was an active member of the Avon Methodist Church.

Also surviving are two sons, James J. (Jamie) JONES of Costa Mesa, CA; and Jeffrey S. (Jeff) and spouse Mary Ann (RUFF) of Naperville, IL; five grandsons, three great grandchildren, two nephews and two great nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one granddaughter, Maranda JONES.

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