NEWSPAPERS: William Vernon Jones death in Redding, California

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Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Wednesday, 5 Jan 1944

WILLIAM V. JONES FOREST HEAD, DIES AT REDDING MEET

William Vernon Jones, 42, supervisor of Lassen National Forest of
Susanville, Calif., and a former Medford resident, died suddenly yesterday
while attending a meeting of forest supervisors. An autopsy was to be held
this morning to determine cause of death, according to relatives here.

Mr. Jones was born in Medford Jan. 31, 1901, and resided her continuously
until taking up his work with the forest service in California after
graduating from University of Oregon. He married the former Esther Ashcraft
of Medford, who survives, and their only son, William Vernon, Jr., is now
in the army.

Other survivors are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Jones, 343 Apple
St., Medford; two sisters, Mrs. Lolita Phelan, 732 West Second St.,
Medford, and Mrs. L. C. Wilson, Camas, Wash.; a brother, Chester L. Jones
of Bremerton; two grandmothers, Mrs. Mary A. Jones, 429 S. Grape St., and
Mrs. C. L. Rodgers, 343 Apple St. Mrs. Jones's mother, Mrs. Lillian
Ashcraft, makes her home here at 345 South Central Ave.

The body is being brought to Medford and funeral arrangements are in charge
of Perl's Funeral Home. 

The deceased, his father and son were the subject of an article in a
national forestry journal last winter which pointed out that the three
generations of men were all foresters, William Vernon, Jr., being at that
time a student of forestry. William L. Jones has retired from forestry
after having been an employee of the Rogue River forest service for more
than 25 years. 


Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Friday, 7 Jan 1944, p. 9

Funeral services for William V. Jones, who passed away at Susanville,
Calif., Jan. 4, will be conducted from Perl Funeral Home Saturday at 2 p.m.
Medford lodge No. 103 A. F. & A. M. will have complete charge of services,
and interment will take place in Siskiyou Memorial Park.