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George M. Jones, 84, of Marsing and formerly of
Caldwell, died Friday, April 27, 1990, at a
Caldwell
hospital of natural causes.
Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 2
p.m. Monday, April 30, 1990, in the Hillcrest Memorial
Gardens, Caldwell. The
Rev. Raymond A. Thompson of the United Methodist
Church, Caldwell, will officiate under the direction
of Dakan Funeral Chapel, Caldwell.
Family and friends
are asked to gather at the cemetery.
Mr. Jones was born July 23, 1905, in Butler, Mo.,
to John L. and Mary L. Phelps Jones, where he was raised and
educated. He married
Helen Louise Robbins July 14, 1932 in
Miami, Okla.
In July of 1936 they moved to Idaho and settled in the Nampa area. They
also lived in the Marsing and Caldwell area.
He most recently has
resided in Marsing. Mr.
Jones farmed in the Nampa and Kuna areas before
retiring in 1957. He
then started carpentry work which he has done since that
time. Mrs. Jones
died June 3, 1987.
He had a great capacity for loving and caring for
his family, and his family loved him greatly as well.
He
was a lifetime member of the Highline Grange.
Survivors include: three daughters, Jackie and her husband
George Dines of Marsing, Georgie and the late Harland
Proffitt of Albany,
Ore., Rose and her husband George King of
Murphy; a sister, Hazel N. Chase of Caldwell.
He was especially
loved by his surviving sisters in-law, Hazel Zellmer,
Lueceile Robbins, Lucille Day, Pearlie Ross, Maxine Maybon,
Betty Bigler and Irene Foster; 11 grandchildren; 14 great
grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews that will
miss him greatly.
In addition to his wife Helen, he was preceded in
death by his parents, three brothers, Glenn, Raymond, Gwinn,
and one sister, Dorothy Saloman.
Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Dakan
Funeral Chapel, Caldwell.
The family suggests that memorials be made to your favorite
charity.
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