Submitted by: Dan Rich
Justin B. Jones
July 20, 1902 - Jan. 20, 1997
Justin B. Jones, 94, of Lindy Drive,
Granger, Ind., and formerly of East Sorin Street, South Bend,
Ind., died at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, in St. Joseph's Medical
Center. Mr. Jones was born July 20, 1902, in Hardin County, Ohio,
to George and Huldah (Dry) Jones.
He was married on Sept. 14, 1927, in St.
Joseph Catholic Church, South Bend, to the former Antoinette M.
LeBlanc, who survives. Mr. Jones was employed as a supervisor by
the Studebaker Corporation from 1921 to 1964. He was also a
lifetime member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, 435; a member
of St. Pius X Catholic Church; a former member of St. Joseph
Catholic Church; of St. Joseph's Harvest House; and of the Holy
Name Society.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a
son, Joseph and his wife Betty of Franklin, Tenn.; three
daughters, Rita and her husband Daniel Wendel of
Jacksonville, Fla., Joanne and her husband James Copeland of
Anchorage, Alaska, and Nancy and her husband Christopher Thilman
of Granger, Ind., with whom he and Antoinette resided; 11
grandchildren, Allison and Collin Thilman, Sheryn, Gregory,
Jeffrey and Christopher Jones, Timothy and David Wendel and
Elizabeth Wendel Corbitt, Rebecca and Phillip Copeland; and 11
great-grandchildren.
Mr. Jones was preceded in death by three
brothers, Bill, Alvin and Ira Jones; by two sisters, Mrs. Knute
(Bonnie) Rockne and Mrs. Joseph (Marie) Dierickx; and by a
grandson, Thomas Copeland.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 24, at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Granger, Ind.,
with burial in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8
p.m. Thursday at Hickey Funeral Homes, 17131 Cleveland Road,
where wake services will be held at 7 p.m. Memorials may be made
to St. Pius X Catholic Church, 52553 Fir Road, Granger, IN, or to
the Homeless Center, 813 S. Michigan, South Bend, IN.