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NAMPA — Funeral services for L. C. Jones, 83, 515 7th Ave.
S., Nampa, who died in a Boise hospital Monday following an
extended illness, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday at
the Alsip Funeral Chapel, Nampa, with Rev. Ernest E. Wilson,
pastor of the Nampa First United Methodist Church,
officiating, assisted by Rev. M. S. Frantz of the Church of
the Brethren. Interment will follow at the Hillcrest
Memorial Gardens. Members of the War Eagle Barracks No. 459,
Veterans of World War I of Nampa will fold the flag at the
cemetery.
Mr. Jones was born Feb. 18, 1893 in Hamilton County, Neb. He
was the son of Lemuel S. Jones and Carrie A. Jones. The
family moved by covered wagon to Missouri and later to
Arkansas. They returned to Giltner, Neb., in 1900. He
attended grade school near Giltner and two years of high
school. He attended the agricultural college in Lincoln,
Neb., for a year. He moved to Twin Falls in 1913 where he
worked as a farm laborer until he enlisted in the Marine
Corps, serving in the 11th Regiment for 2 years, most of
this time spent in France. He married Anna M. McNeis Sept.
12, 1923 and they farmed east of Twin Falls until 1939. They
homesteaded land southwest of Homedale. In 1946 they bought
acreage east of Nampa where they built the Gem Motel which
they operated until they moved to their present home in
1960. They had a "rock shop," Mr. Jones' hobby being
lapidary rock, making beautiful things from stones. He was a
member of the United Methodist Church for more than 50
years, a charter member of the Kimberly Grange, past master
of the State Line Grange, Homedale, past master of the
Canyon County Pomona Grange and past master of Nampa Valley
Grange. He was also a member of the state and national
Grange and was a member of Ashlar Lodge No. 90. A.F. and
A.M., Nampa Chapter No. 30, O.E.S.; Cyrus Chapter No. 2,
Royal Arch Masons; a member of War Eagle Barracks, No. 459,
Veterans of World War I of Nampa; a member of the American
Legion for 50 years and was a member of Owyhee Gem and
Mineral Society.
He is survived by his wife of Nampa; one son, Robert E.
Jones, of Niceville, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Fred (Neva)
Beer, Jerome; two brothers, Glenn W. Jones of Grass Valley,
Calif., and Erle E. Jones, of Issaquah, Wash.; and six
grandchildren.
The family suggests that memorial contributions be given to
the Idaho Youth Ranch at Rupert or to a favorite charity.
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