More detail on this person: Mr Roger Dean Jones, 72 of Soldotna Roger Dean Jones Peninsula Clarion, The (Kenai, AK) - Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Soldotna resident Roger Dean Jones died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, surrounded by his family at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna. He was 72. A viewing will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 159 Marydale Ave. in Soldotna. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. at the church. President Larry D. Ellis will officiate. Burial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at Fort Richardson National Cemetery. Mr. Jones was born Nov. 5, 1935, in Salt Lake City to Edna Brown and David George Jones. He was raised by Edna Brown and Durane William Jones, whom he knew as his father. He spent his childhood in various places in Idaho and Utah. He had 12 brothers and sisters. He joined the U.S. Army in 1954 in the Vet Corp. Mr. Jones married LynnAnn Minchey on Dec. 17. 1960. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr. Jones entered flight training school in June, 1966 and served two tours of duty in Vietnam as a pilot, where he received many awards. He retired from the military in June 1975. He spent his civilian career as a supervisor for Utah Power and Light in Huntington, Utah, until his retirement in 1990. "He became a resident of Alaska in 1999. He was an avid golfer in the summer and bowler in the winter. He supported his grandchildren in their athletic endeavors. The couple were named grandparents of the Skyview High School volleyball team in 2006. Roger's family was his most precious treasure," his family said. Mr. Jones was preceded in death by his parents; siblings, Mary Grange, Clifford Jones, Clifton Jones and Billie Kessler; sister-in-law, Margie Jones; and brother-in-law, Sam Cranford. He is survived by his wife, Lynn; children, Gregg Jones and his wife, Karen and Diana Grant and her husband, Bob, all of Soldotna; grandchildren, Dustin, Daniel, Brady and Brandon Jones, Jesse Grant and Jordan Johnson and her husband, Jake; sibings, David Wayne Jones and his wife, Lena, Ronald Jones and his wife, Janet, Rex Jones and his wife, Klea, Erna Anna Jones, Mickey Cranford and Lenard Doyle Jones and his wife, Louise; sister-in-law, Marva Jones; and many nieces and nephews. Arrangements were made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel.
Burial information: Fort Rchardson National Cemetery, Fort Richardson, AK
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