Arvid H. Jones, 83, Sleepy Eye, died Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002, at Sleepy Eye Care Center, Sleepy Eye. Funeral services were Monday at Sturm Funeral Home with interment in Home Cemetery, Sleepy Eye, with military rites performed by the Sleepy Eye Honor Guard. 
Arvid was born Dec. 11, 1918, in Lake Crystal, to Thomas and Effie (Jones) Jones. He attended school in Garden City and graduated in 1937. After high school, Arvid attended college for three years. On Dec. 24, 1943, Arvid married Joyce Mallett in Colorado. The couple moved to Sleepy Eye in 1947, where Arvid was employed at the Marshall-Wells Hardware Store. In 1955, Arvid and "Mac" McCuskey formed a partnership and purchased the store, renaming it Jones-McCuskey Hardware. Arvid operated the store until 1979. After the store closed, Arvid worked for Turbes Clothing until his retirement in 1984. Arvid was a career Army man. He enlisted in the Army Signal Corps in 1941, and served in China during WWII. He enjoyed the military so much, that when he was discharged in 1946, he enlisted in an active Army Reserve Unit. He was discharged from the Army as a captain after having proudly served his country for 28 years. 
Arvid is survived by his wife, Joyce Jones of Sleepy Eye; daughters and sons-in-law, Deanne and husband James Weisser of Mobile, Ala., Sherri and husband Leon Spaeth of Tacoma, Wash., Linda and husband Thomas Tangen of Bloomington and Connie and husband Mark Kusche of Golden Valley; grandchildren, Theodore and Brian Weisser, Ryan and Kimberly Spaeth, Paul, Carolynn and Stephanie Tangen and Kristin and Matthew Kusche; great-grandchildren, Carly and Connor Weisser; sister, Vivian Strand of Mankato; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Effie Jones; grandson, Carl Tangen; and brothers, Floyd Jones and Clifford Jones. 
Casket bearers were Thomas Tangen, Mark Kusche, James Weisser, Leon Spaeth, Paul Tangen and Matthew Kusche.