Jones, Jesse
Birth
Jesse Jones was born September 10, 1890, the son of Ackland Adelbert Jones (7 JUL 1850 - 5 MAR 1928) and Sarah E. Wright (1862 - 1937). His siblings were:
- Minnie Adelaide Jones (28 NOV 1881 - 7 JUL 1951) - Minnie Jones Cowan
- Avery D. Jones (OCT 1884 - 30 NOV 1906)
- Edwin Jones (DEC 1886 - BEF 1937)
- Charles Jones (20 JUL 1893 - 10 DEC 1970)
- Ada Mae Jones (19 JUL 1895 - JUL 1983)
- Edna C. Jones (SEP 1898 - 7 APR 1947) - Edna Jones Shultz
- Howard (Buck) Jones (18 DEC 1901 - 24 FEB 1992 )
Education
Occupation
Jesse Jones had been a self-employed farmer and also a school bus driver for the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District, retiring at the age of 72
Marriage & Children
Jesse Jones married Margaret Jansen (ABT 1890 - BEF 1981)
Jesse Jones married 10 JAN 1920 Robie Wright (16 SEP 1897 - 15 APR 1960) the daughter of James Addison Wright and Emma Shultes. Their children were:
- Robert L. Jones (8 MAR 1921 - 23 JUL 1971)
- Rosemary Jones (17 OCT 1923 - 2 OCT 1995) - Mrs. Rosemary DeOrio of Rotterdam Junction
- Sarah Emma Jones (28 APR 1928 - 21 MAY 2003) - Mrs. Clement (Sarah) Hulick of Berne
Death
Jesse Jones of Pine Park passed away on May 21, 1981 at St. Clare's Hospital where he had been a patient for the past several weeks.
Obituary
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Jesse Jones of Pine Park passed away on May 21, 1981 at St. Clare's Hospital where he had been a patient for the past several weeks.
A lifelong resident of Berne, except for a few retirement years in Averill Park, he was born September 10, 1890, the son of the late Ackland and Sarah Jones, and was the husband of the late Robie Wright Jones and the late Margaret Jansen Jones. He had been a self-employed farmer and also a school bus driver for the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District, retiring at the age of 72. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, a 40 year member of Berne Lodge F & A M No. 684, a charter member of Foxenkill Grange No. 1579, and also a member of the Berne Volunteer Fire Department and the Berne Conservation Club.
Jesse Jones was the father of Mrs. Rosemary DeOrio of Rotterdam Junction and Mrs. Clement (Sarah) Hulick of Berne and the late Robert Jones and brother of Ada Lendrum and Howard Jones of Berne. Brothers and sisters who predeceased him are Minnie Jones Cowan, Edna Jones Shultz, and Avray, Edwin, and Charles Jones. He is survived by 11 grandchildren - Robert M. Jones of Scotia, Mrs. James (Patricia) Boyle of Virginia, Mrs. Ted (Kathleen) Gray of Rochester; Janet Leigh DeOrio of Geneva; Mrs. WIlliam (Nancy) Hughes of Burnt Hills; Thomas DeOrio of Rotterdam; Wayne Porter of El Paso, Texas; Phyllis Andrione of Guilderland; James Porter of Albany; and Edward Porter of East Berne. And also 12 great grandchildren - Lisa, Brian, and Steven Jones of Scotia; Julie Gray of Rochester, John DeOrio of Geneva; Julie Ann and Laurie Beth Hughes of Burnt Hills; Tammie, Jessie, and Kenneth Porter of Elpaso; Monica Bouton of Guilderland; and Joshua Porter of East Berne, and many nieces and nephemws.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon from the Berne Lutheran Church with his Pastor Rev. Janice Jenson, officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fredendall Home officiating.
- Altamont Enterprise - May 29, 1981
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