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1863 - 2002



Jones, Chester W "Red"

Chester W "Red" Jones, 79, died Sept., 14, 2002, of injuries he suffered from a plane crash in Winnipeg, Canada on June 11, 2002. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Sept. 19, 2002, at the Downing and Lahey Mortuary East, 6555 E. Central in Wichita. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. in the Matfield Green Cemetery.

Jones was returning home from a Canadian fishing trip in a chartered plane arranged by the fishing lodge. Red was the only one not to survive the crash.

Chester. W. Jones was born Nov. 23, 1922, to Olin and Gladys Sherffius Jones and grew up in Matfield Green where he was a member of the Christian Church.

During World War II, he served three years in the Navy. Jones retired from Beech Aircraft Manufacturing (Raytheon) after 34 years of service. For many years he worked the night shift at Beech, and he owned and oper- ated Space Age Manufacturing and a real estate business dur- ing the day. Until his accident, he was still actively engaged in managing his real estate inter- ests.

Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Joye Banks Jones; one daughter, Sheila Jones Floodman; one son, Dr. Stephen W Jones; one brother, Charles "Chuck" Jones of Wichita; one sister, Hazel Angleton of Sun City West, Ariz; grandchildren, Banks, Blake and Paige Floodman, Katie Jones and Mandi Jones, Tony Jones, Angela Eckstein, Adri Jones, Heather Kirchhefer; daughter-in-law, Diane Jones of Emporia; step- mother, Thelma Jones of Wichita.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and one sister, Eula Sunderland. A memorial has been estab- lished with the Chester "Red" Jones Scholarship Memorial Fund at Wichita Collegiate School, 9115 E. 13th, Wichita.

Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kans. Sept. 19, 2002




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