Daniel S. Jones Obituary*

Danville Commercial News - July 29, 1969
*Daniel Stewart Jones Sr., 75, of 901 Chandler, died at 12:40 p.m. yesterday (July 28, 1969) in Lake View Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since last Friday. He had been in ill health several years.
Born Jan. 31, 1894, in Tilton, he was a son of Charles A. and Elizabeth Winifred Jones Jones. His schooling was in Tilton.
Mr. Jones was a retired car inspector and had been employed at the Western Brick Co.
He was an Army Veteran of World War I.
He was married Dec. 11, 1919 to Mary Holman, who survives.
Also surviving are a son, _________ of Norfolk, Va.; a daughter, Mrs. Melvin (Margaret) Hathaway of Danville; two brothers, Ernest C. Jones of Allen Park, Mich., and Weldon A. Jones of Attica, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Zelva Erickson of Villa Park, Ill., and Mrs. Wilma Carr of Attica; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, two brothers and a grandson.
Mr. Jones was a member of the Tilton United Methodist Church and a former member of the American Legion. His hobbies were raising flowers and following all sports.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Pape Memorial Home. The Rev. John W. Kennedy will officiate. Burial will be in Songer Cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday.