Jones, Glen L. 1939-2017

JONES, RITZ, BLUMER, LEMONS, VANDER WEERDT, BRITTAIN, PRESTON, HUFF, TURNER, MITCHELL

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 1/12/2017 at 08:29:30

Glen L Jones
May 9, 1939 ~ January 1, 2017 (age 77)

Glen L. Jones, 77, of Newton died on Monday, January 1, 2017, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 6, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 10 :00 a.m. until the time of service and again after the service with a lunch at the funeral home. Memorials to Mercy Hospice or in Glen’s name may be left at the funeral home.

Glen, the son of Ralph and Pearl (Ritz) Jones, was born on May 9, 1939 in Davis County, Iowa. He graduated from Moulton High School. Glen later moved to Newton, Iowa to begin his 30 year career at the Maytag Company, retiring in 1999.

Glen was united in marriage with Twila J. Blumer on April 6, 1985 in Blakesburg, Iowa. They made their home in Newton. Glen was a member of the Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League and the Community Heights Alliance Church. He enjoyed fishing, camping, crocheting, and woodworking. Glen also liked to paint and took classes with his daughter, Theresa.

For over twenty years, Glen also worked on Ford tractors. He liked to say that he was the “Biggest Ford Tractor Dealer in Jasper County”.

Glen is survived by his wife, Twila Jones of Newton; daughter, Theresa Lemons (Russ Vander Weerdt) of Lynnville; son, Timothy (Dee) Jones of Newton; his step-children, Jeffrey (Barb) Brittain of Blakesburg, Julie (Jim) Preston of Carlisle, and Jolynda Huff (Greg Turner) of Oskaloosa, Iowa; brother Edward (Karin) Jones of Weslaco, Texas; sister, Fern (Gerald) Mitchell of Blakesburg; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and his many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother; a sister; and several nieces and nephews. ~ The Wallace Family Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa 1 Jan 2017.