Frank K. Jones

1934 – 2009

FARMINGTON – Frank K. Jones passed away peacefully at the Orchard Park Nursing facility in Farmington. Frank went home to be with his Lord on Nov. 4, with his loving family by his side.

Born Nov. 19, 1934, in Weld, the son of Acton and Alice Jones, one of eight children. Frank grew up on a small farm on Center Hill in Weld. An intellectual man who took great pride in his family.

The valedictorian of his high school class. He went on to serve his country in the Air Force for the next 16years after graduation.

Upon retiring from the armed forces, he spent the next sixteen years in the civil service, working as a computer programmer at the Nashua Aviation Bureau in Nashua, N.H.

Frank had a deep fiction for the Church of the Nazarene. He had an uncanny memory and was well-versed in the bible. He was very proud of the fact his brother was the D.S. of the Church of the Nazarene in the State of Maine. He would often mention he had a brother-in-law that was also a Nazarene minister as well.

He thought of his sisters as his very own angels of mercy.

He enjoyed writing letters to friends and family all over the country. He also enjoyed music, going to church and singing gospel songs. His favorite passion was visiting his family. He looked forward each year to his family reunions.

He had traveled extensively throughout his life. He had seen nearly all 50 states as well as many foreign countries.

He and his loving wife of nearly 30 years enjoyed traveling, restaurants and visiting friends and family from Maine to Vermont.

They were the sweetest of couples and each other’s very best friend. After many years of health problems they are reunited in their heavenly home.

Frank will be sadly missed by his three sons, Kendall Jones of San Jose, Calif., Kevin Jones of Nashville, Tenn, and Randall Pinkham Sr. and his wife, Peal, of Farmington; his only brother, the Rev. Cecil Jones and his wife, Beverly, of Farmingdale; three sisters, May Cooper and her husband, Fred, of Granville, N.Y., Gram Baker of Wilton and Lillian Leeman and her husband, James, of Phillips; and two brother-in-laws, Dale Briggs and Clayton Haley.

Frank was predeceased by his loving wife, Marilyn E. Jones; his parents, Acton and Alice Jones; and three sisters, Ella Webster, Maude Briggs and Nellie Haley.