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Garald Frank Jones
1925-2007
Garald Lonnie Frank Jones, 82, passed away September 18, 2007 at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, UT. He was born June 11, 1925 in Murray, Utah. He was the youngest of four children born to Archibald Walter Frank Jones and Ruby Irene King. They later divorced and Ruby married Basil Cooper.
Garald or Buck, as he was known by his family, grew up and went to school in southeastern Idaho, in and around Idaho Falls. He served in the Navy during World War II from September 1943 to January 1946. He married Roma Cole on September 21, 1946 in Fairview, ID. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple on May 25, 1959. From this union came two children, Diana Gail (Jim) Wilson of Kennewick, WA and Michael Kent (Lisa) of Lehi, UT. Roma passed away on May 30, 1993. He married Bessie Fowkes Park on February 25, 1995. They made their home in Nephi, UT. After World War II, Garald or Lonnie, as he was known by his friends and co-workers, worked at Hill Air Force Base in Clearfield, UT, which is where he met Roma. He left employment there and worked as a heavy equipment operator in the Salt Lake Valley with his brother-in-law, Leon Sorenson. He later worked for Chicago Bridge & Iron as a welder for 14 years and traveled all over the western states from Alaska to New Mexico. He was working in Sitka, Alaska, when Alaska was made a state. He took a position with the federal government as a welding and heavy equipment instructor for Job Corps in San Carlos, AZ, in 1967. He transferred to Job Corps at Fort Simcoe in White Swan, WA, in 1969. He finally settled down and lived in Toppenish, WA, from 1971 until Roma's death. He retired from Job Corps in 1989.
He is survived by his wife, Bessie; his daughter, Diana; his son Michael; eight grandchildren; and five step children: Linda, Tom, Pam, JuliAnn, and Barbara.
Funeral services were held Friday, September 21, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the LDS Nephi 2nd Ward building, 222 South 100 East in Nephi, UT. A graveside service and interment was held on Monday, September 24, at 2:00 p.m. at the Zillah City Cemetery in Zillah, WA.
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