OBITUARY: James A. Jonas, Eagle Point, Jackson County, Oregon ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 24 Jan 2003 *************************************************************************** Jacksonville (Oregon) Post, Saturday, 8 Oct 1908, p. 1 SUDDEN DEATH OF J. A. JONAS The entire community was shocked last Saturday on account of the sudden death of one of the prominent citizens, James A. Jonas. Saturday morning he got up as usual and asked his wife how she felt, she having had her hip broken some time ago, and replied and asked him to make a fire in the cook stove. As he started to go he found that he could not move one of his legs, telling his wife so he remarked that the feeling was going all over him when he fell over. Mrs. Jonas ran to the door and called a neighbor. They managed to get him onto the bed and he never regained consciousness, being completely paralyzed. He died on Saturday about 4 o'clock p.m. James A. Jonas was born June 22, 1851, in Fayette county, Indiana, married to Rebekah H. Lazenby, August 29, 1877, and died October 3, 1908, aged 57 years, 3 months and 11 days. He leaves a wife, two sons, two sisters, and one brother in Indiana, he being the youngest of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Jonas moved to Jackson county Oregon, in 1877, and bought land that is now situated in the town of Eagle Point, where they have resided ever since up to the time of his death. - Mail.