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Sgt J D Jones

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Sgt J D Jones

Birth
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA
Death
14 Oct 2001 (aged 73)
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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6 0 4838D
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J. D. Jones, age 73, a 44 year old resident of Albuquerque, died Sunday October 14, 2001 after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Amarillo, TX and raised in Carlsbad, NM. After graduating from Carlsbad High School in 1945, J. D. served as paratrooper in the U. S. Army. He was stationed in Japan after the end of WWII. J. D. married his wife, Catherine Pledger in 1953. Both worked for Zia Company in Los Alamos until 1957, when he accepted employment with Sandia National Laboratory. He retired after 35 years in 1992. J. D. was an active member of the St. Andrew Presbyterian Church

Survivors include his wife, Catherine; daughters, Leslie Diane van der Heide and husband, Wim of the Netherlands, Carol Ann Dickey and husband, Bill of Corrales, NM; and son, Brian Ansley Jones of Oakland, CA; four grandchildren, J. D. Kelly, Michael Dickey, Alexander and Marco van der Heide.

A memorial service for J. D. was held on Tuesday October 23, 2001 at 7:00 p. m. at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave. NE. A Private Interment will be held at the Santa Fe National Cemetery. Donations can be made to St. Andrew Presbyterian Church or to Presbyterian Hospice. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, October 31, 2001)

Contributor: Mary
J. D. Jones, age 73, a 44 year old resident of Albuquerque, died Sunday October 14, 2001 after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Amarillo, TX and raised in Carlsbad, NM. After graduating from Carlsbad High School in 1945, J. D. served as paratrooper in the U. S. Army. He was stationed in Japan after the end of WWII. J. D. married his wife, Catherine Pledger in 1953. Both worked for Zia Company in Los Alamos until 1957, when he accepted employment with Sandia National Laboratory. He retired after 35 years in 1992. J. D. was an active member of the St. Andrew Presbyterian Church

Survivors include his wife, Catherine; daughters, Leslie Diane van der Heide and husband, Wim of the Netherlands, Carol Ann Dickey and husband, Bill of Corrales, NM; and son, Brian Ansley Jones of Oakland, CA; four grandchildren, J. D. Kelly, Michael Dickey, Alexander and Marco van der Heide.

A memorial service for J. D. was held on Tuesday October 23, 2001 at 7:00 p. m. at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave. NE. A Private Interment will be held at the Santa Fe National Cemetery. Donations can be made to St. Andrew Presbyterian Church or to Presbyterian Hospice. (WWW.YellCountyObits.org, Yell County Record, Danville, Arkansas: Obituary was published on Wednesday, October 31, 2001)

Contributor: Mary

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17562778/j_d-jones: accessed ), memorial page for Sgt J D Jones (23 Oct 1927–14 Oct 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17562778, citing Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 8021295).