Jim Jones
July 20, 1934 — January 19, 2023
Jim Jones, 88, of Center Point, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2023, at Mercy Hallmar in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Funeral Service: 3 p.m. Friday, January 27, 2023, at Alice United Methodist Church in Center Point. Visitation will begin one hour prior at the church. A private family burial will take place at Center Point Cemetery in Center Point. Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Center Point is assisting the family.
Jim was born July 20, 1934, in Bagley, Wisconsin, the son of Leo and Lucy (Ward) Jones. He graduated from Bagley High School in 1952. Jim was united in marriage to Loretta O’Connor on October 8, 1955, at The Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Jim worked at Wilson Foods for 30 years and worked on the family farm. He then took over his grandfather-in-law’s monument company and renamed it Jones Monument. He was a member of the Center Point Lions Club, area ambulance and volunteer fire department. Jim was also a part of the Frozen Few Snowmobile Club. Jim and Loretta enjoyed traveling all over the country and the world. They shared a love of horseback riding, snowmobiling, and showing horses with their son, Dewitt. You could also catch up with Jim over breakfast at the coffee shop in Center Point. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
Survivors include his wife, Loretta Jones of Center Point; son, Tim (Rose) Jones of Gladstone, Illinois; grandchildren, Pat (Jessica) Jones of Fairfield, Iowa, Christopher (Caitlin) Jones of Village of Lakewood, Illinois, Nicholas Jones of Seattle, Washington, Indiana Jones of Greenville, South Carolina, Trinity Jones of Taylors, South Carolina; great-grandchildren, Ava, Kate, Carrick and Quinn Jones; daughter-in-law, Jennifer “Jenny” Jones of Greer, South Carolina; and friends from everywhere.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents; sons, Brad Jones (and his wife Cindi) and Dewitt Jones; and sisters, Ruth, Joyce, Ivanelle, Patricia, and Dorothy.
Memorials may be directed to Alice United Methodist Church or Center Point Area Ambulance Service.
Jim was born July 20, 1934, in Bagley, Wisconsin, the son of Leo and Lucy (Ward) Jones. He graduated from Bagley High School in 1952. Jim was united in marriage to Loretta O’Connor on October 8, 1955, at The Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Jim worked at Wilson Foods for 30 years and worked on the family farm. He then took over his grandfather-in-law’s monument company and renamed it Jones Monument. He was a member of the Center Point Lions Club, area ambulance and volunteer fire department. Jim was also a part of the Frozen Few Snowmobile Club. Jim and Loretta enjoyed traveling all over the country and the world. They shared a love of horseback riding, snowmobiling, and showing horses with their son, Dewitt. You could also catch up with Jim over breakfast at the coffee shop in Center Point. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
Survivors include his wife, Loretta Jones of Center Point; son, Tim (Rose) Jones of Gladstone, Illinois; grandchildren, Pat (Jessica) Jones of Fairfield, Iowa, Christopher (Caitlin) Jones of Village of Lakewood, Illinois, Nicholas Jones of Seattle, Washington, Indiana Jones of Greenville, South Carolina, Trinity Jones of Taylors, South Carolina; great-grandchildren, Ava, Kate, Carrick and Quinn Jones; daughter-in-law, Jennifer “Jenny” Jones of Greer, South Carolina; and friends from everywhere.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents; sons, Brad Jones (and his wife Cindi) and Dewitt Jones; and sisters, Ruth, Joyce, Ivanelle, Patricia, and Dorothy.
Memorials may be directed to Alice United Methodist Church or Center Point Area Ambulance Service.
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