John Robert Jones

1914 - 1977

• Name	John Robert Jones
  	https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=148240383 Birth: Feb. 11, 1914 Osage City Osage County Kansas, USA Death: Nov. 13, 1977 Chicago Cook County Illinois, USA ` John R. Jones, 63, vice president-personnel of the Santa Fe Railway, died Sunday night in Evanston Hospital after he was stricken while working in the yard at his home, 3127 Sprucewood Rd., Wilmette. He started in Santa Fe's operations department in Topeka, Kan., in 1935, became assistant to the vice president in Chicago in 1967, and was named vice president in 1972. Surviving are his widow, Martha; two sons, Stephen and Gerald; and a daughter, Mrs. Karen Volkman. Services and burial will be in Topeka. Chicago Tribune, 11/15/1977 -------------------------------------------- Wife: Martha E. (Summers) Jones (1/26/1915 - 12/21/2003) Wichita -- A graveside service for Martha E. (Summers) Jones, 88, a homemaker of Wichita, was held Friday at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Topeka. Mrs. Jones died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003. She was born Jan. 26, 1915, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Charles Jackson Summers and Virginia Loe (Allen) Summers. Survivors are two sons, Stephen A. Jones, Magalia, Calif., and Gerald M. Jones, Troutdale, Ore.; a daughter, Karen E. Volkmann, Wichita; a brother, Charles Jackson Summers, Rialto, Calif.; two grandsons, Tim and Eric Volkman, and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Jones. Memorials may be made to Via Christi Foundation, 2622 W. Central, Wichita, 67203. Downing & Lahey East Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. Topeka Capital-Journal, 12/27/2003 -------------------------------------------- Family links: Parents: Gomer H. Jones (1886 - 1980) Margaret S. Bowers Jones (1895 - 1983) Spouse: Martha E Summers Jones (1915 - 2003) Siblings: Jane A. Jones Allen (1906 - 2003)** John Robert Jones (1914 - 1977) Bernard H. Jones (1915 - 1985)* Dorothy E. Jones Gartner (1918 - 1987)* George T. Jones (1920 - 1998)* *Calculated relationship **Half-sibling Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery Topeka Shawnee County Kansas, USA Plot: Hayden Sec., Lot 414-W Created by: David Haspert Record added: Jun 24, 2015 Find A Grave Memorial# 148240383
  Birth	11 Feb 1914	Osage City, Osage County, Kansas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Nov 13 1977	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  Person ID	I3747	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Gomer H Jones,   b. 2 Jul 1886, Peterton, Osage County, Kansas, USA d. 3 Sep 1980, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Margaret S Bowers,   b. 19 Jan 1895, Osage City, Osage County, Kansas, USA d. 20 Sep 1983, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Applied for marriage license 25 Apr 1913 http://www.osagechs.org/groomindex.htm
  Family ID	F1786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Summers
  Children	1. Stephen Jones   2. Gerald M Jones   3. Karen Jones
  Family ID	F1811	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2017