Walter Raymond Jones
February 6, 2012 — January 2, 2008
Walter Raymond Jones, son of Oliver and Edith (Harold) Jones, was born on February 6, 1912, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. When he was eight months old, his family traveled by covered wagon to Rooks County, Kansas. The journey took six weeks. There he lived in a sod house and attended school. After the Dust Bowl days, Walter's family moved to a farm south of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Walter met Clara Babbitt at a neighborhood church gathering and were married a short time later on February 27, 1933, in Omaha, Nebraska. The young couple started their married life on a farm near Hastings, Iowa. Walter and Clara were blessed with two children; a daughter, LaDonna, who died December 20, 2000 and a son, Gerald.
The family moved to the Marne, Iowa area, in 1936, the year of the big snow storm. In 1945, they moved to the Walnut, Iowa, area and farmed for forty-five years before retiring to an acerage. In 2000 they then made their home at Peace Haven Retirement Home in Walnut and continued to attend the Monroe Methodist Church in rural Walnut.
Walter and Clara lived happily together for seventy-two years before poor health separated them. They moved to the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa, in 2004 and it was there that Clara died on April 30, 2005. Walter died at the Heritage House on January 2, 2008, having attained the age of ninety-five years, ten months and twenty-seven days. In addition to his parents, wife and daughter, Walter was preceded in death by his brother Gerrald.
Walter is survived by his son, Gerald and daughter-in-law, Marilyn Jones of Flippin, Arkansas; a son-in-law, Robert Lefrentz of Walnut, Iowa; six grandchildren, four step grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. He is also survived by his brothers, Dale and his wife Eileen Jones of Emerson, Iowa; Harold and his wife Elsie Jones of Michigan and his sister Betty Streeter of Old Hickory, Tennessee; nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends.
Funeral Services were held Monday, January 7, 2008, at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca, Iowa. Pastor Dave Swinton officiated the 10:30 AM service with burial at the Monroe Township Cemetery in rural Walnut, Iowa. Serving as casket bearers were Kreig Namanny, Julienne Crews, Kerry Namanny, Kevin Namanny, Scott Jones, and Kenny Namanny
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Walter met Clara Babbitt at a neighborhood church gathering and were married a short time later on February 27, 1933, in Omaha, Nebraska. The young couple started their married life on a farm near Hastings, Iowa. Walter and Clara were blessed with two children; a daughter, LaDonna, who died December 20, 2000 and a son, Gerald.
The family moved to the Marne, Iowa area, in 1936, the year of the big snow storm. In 1945, they moved to the Walnut, Iowa, area and farmed for forty-five years before retiring to an acerage. In 2000 they then made their home at Peace Haven Retirement Home in Walnut and continued to attend the Monroe Methodist Church in rural Walnut.
Walter and Clara lived happily together for seventy-two years before poor health separated them. They moved to the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa, in 2004 and it was there that Clara died on April 30, 2005. Walter died at the Heritage House on January 2, 2008, having attained the age of ninety-five years, ten months and twenty-seven days. In addition to his parents, wife and daughter, Walter was preceded in death by his brother Gerrald.
Walter is survived by his son, Gerald and daughter-in-law, Marilyn Jones of Flippin, Arkansas; a son-in-law, Robert Lefrentz of Walnut, Iowa; six grandchildren, four step grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. He is also survived by his brothers, Dale and his wife Eileen Jones of Emerson, Iowa; Harold and his wife Elsie Jones of Michigan and his sister Betty Streeter of Old Hickory, Tennessee; nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends.
Funeral Services were held Monday, January 7, 2008, at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca, Iowa. Pastor Dave Swinton officiated the 10:30 AM service with burial at the Monroe Township Cemetery in rural Walnut, Iowa. Serving as casket bearers were Kreig Namanny, Julienne Crews, Kerry Namanny, Kevin Namanny, Scott Jones, and Kenny Namanny
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