RUMFORD – Mr. Kenneth S. Jones, 83, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, at the Maine Veterans Home in South Paris. He was a resident of South Rumford.

Born in Rumford on May 18, 1924, he was the son of the late Samuel and Marguerite (Russ) Jones. He graduated from Stephens High School in Rumford, with the Class of 1943. He worked as a paper tester in the lab at Boise Cascade in Rumford for over 40 years, until his retirement in 1987.

He was a member of the Blazing Star Lodge #30 AF & AM, Kora Temple Shrine, 32nd Scottish and York Rites, Rumford Grange #115, Napoleon Ouellette Post #24 American Legion, Robert Shand Post #1641 VFW, Rumford Falls Aerie #1248 FOE, Boise Cascade Paper Company 25 & 40 year club and Mt. Zircon Chapter #21 OES.

He was married in Rumford on Nov. 6, 1946 to Marion M. Jones, who survives of Rumford.

Other survivors include four daughters, Rita Hutchinson of Rumford, Barbara Jones of Rumford, Laura Riggs and her husband, Charles of Rumford and Bonnie Young and her husband, Donald of Dixfield; son, Leon Jones and his wife, Linda of Bremerton, Wash.; sisters, Helen Malley of Mexico, Marcia Alice Barkey of Findlay, Ohio and Mrs. Nora Babb of Mississippi; brothers, Elmer Norris Jones of Rumford, Herman Jones of Canton, Malcolm Jones of Rumford, Walter Jones of Rumford and Harold “Okie” Jones of Canton; and many grandchildren.