The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., February 14, 1986, page 14

REUBEN JONES

     Reuben R. Jones, a Lyle resident, died Feb. 3 at Skyline Hospital in White Salmon, at the age of 81.
     Mr. Jones was born March 5, 1904, in Howell County, Missouri, to Richard and Susan Jones. He was raised in Missouri and worked on the railroad, in flour mills and on oil wells. He came to Washington in 1943 and settled in Yakima, where he worked in fruit and produce. He came to the White Salmon area in 1975 and has lived in Lyle since September.
     He married Anna M. Daniels Aug. 25, 1927 in Mt. View, Mo. He was a member of The Dalles Seventh Day Adventist Church. He loved to travel, fish and hunt.
     He is survived by his wife, Anna, Lyle; children, Helen Burris, Colo., Jean Burris, Lyle, and Vinita Kollmar, Bingen; brother, Meredith Jones, Whitesboro, Texas; sister, Leta Burgess, Wyoming; 21 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and one great, great-grandson.
     Services were held Friday at 11 a.m. at Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, with Rev. Don Kack officiating. Interment was at the White Salmon Cemetery.
     Contributions may be given in to the Diabetes Foundation.

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