Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Jones, William Elmore 1939
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The Belding Banner-News, Thursday, May 29, 1939


William E. Jones, aged 74 years, was found dead in his bed Friday morning at 
about 10 o’clock by Coroner Bruce G. Fales and…..(portion illegible)….when 
neighbors, alarmed over the fact that Mr. Jones, who operated a neighborhood 
grocery store in connection with his home at 416 S. Front St., had not opened 
up for business at the usual time.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Chase, who live across the street from the Jones store and 
residence, noticed that Mr. Jones was late in opening up and they went over to 
see about the matter.  They tried to gain admittance to the store but could not 
arouse Mr. Jones and they then went to the Kern store, where they conveyed 
their fears that something might be wrong with Mr. Jones, to Mr. Dehn, who 
notified Coroner Fales.  

Mr. Fales, after going to the Jones residence and talking the matter over with 
the neighbors who had gathered, decided to force an entrance and he went in 
through a window and with Mr. Dehn, soon found Mr. Jones dead in his bed.  All 
evidence pointed to the fact that Mr. Jones had peacefully slept away and the 
conclusion was that he had passed away shortly after he had retired on Thursday 
evening.  Neighbors stated that Mr. Jones had not been in good health for some 
time and that he had complained of heart trouble and attacks for some time.  
Coroner Fales decided that there was no need for an inquest.  He at once 
notified Lowell Jones, a nephew and foster-son at his home in Saginaw, who 
ordered the body removed to the Fales funeral home and later on in the day 
Lowell Jones came here and made arrangements for the funeral.

William Elmore Jones was born in Bushnell township November 11, 1864 and was 
the son of Elmore and Elizabeth Jones.  On October 27th, 1889 he was married to 
Miss Julia Donovan, who died February 21, 1928.  Practically all of Mr. Jones’ 
life was spent in Ionia and Montcalm counties and with his wife he operated 
grocery stores at Vickeryville and Butternutt and later on a bakery at Carson 
City.  For several years he was a steward for Belding Bros. & Co. in this 
city.  He had resided in the Front street home, where death occurred, since 
1924.

Surviving are the nephew and foster-son, Lowell Jones, of Saginaw; two sisters, 
Mrs. Herbert Wright of Palo and Mrs. Benjamin Low of Duluth; and a brother, Jay 
Jones of Addison, Illinois.

Funeral services were held at the Fales funeral home Monday afternoon at 2:30 
with Rev. Fred G. Dunbar of Ionia, a former pastor of the local Methodist 
church, officiating and burial was in the cemetery at Palo by the side of Mrs. 
Jones.

Mr. Jones was a…(word illegible)…type of citizen and a friend and neighbor who 
was liked by all with whom he came in contact.


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