JONES

Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Thursday, September 07, 2006 at 05:09:36 :

Independent Journal
Monday, July 21, 1975
Page 4

WILLIAM C. JONES

Col. William C. Jones, a Novato resident since 1964, died yesterday at a local hospital following a brief illness. He was 55.

Jones was a native of Modesto where he attended local schools until moving to Eugene, Ore., to attend the University of Oregon.

Following graduation in 1942, he joined the Army Air Corps and served in India, China and Burma in World War II. After the war, he left the service but was called up again during the Korean War.

Jones retired from the Air Force in 1968 after duty at bases overseas and in the states.

He moved to Novato in 1964 and lived with his wife, Dorothy, at 4 Sunnyhill Road.

Besides his wife, he is survived by four sons, William Cox Jones of Texas, John Czerny, James Weeks and Gerald Lee Jones, all of Novato.

He is also survived by two grandchildren.

Jones was a member of the Marin Radio control group and Delta Upsilon Fraternity.

A memorial service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Hamilton Air Force Base chapel. Burial will be at Willamette National Cemetery in Oregon.

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A Death Notice in the same paper adds information: he was the grandfather of William Curtis Jones and Janet Christine Jones, both of Texas.
Keaton’s Chapel of Marin, 1801 Novato Blvd., Novato.