1940 – 2014

West Paris—Robert E. “Bob” Jones, 73, of Norway, died Tuesday night, Sept. 9, at Ledgeview Living Center.

He was born Oct. 30, 1940, in Fryeburg, the son of Erwin “Pete” Jones and Abbie Kimball Jones. He was educated in Waterford schools and graduated from Norway High School, Class of 1960. He began working for L. M. Longley & Son in Norway in 1956 and learned to be a master plumber, master oil burner technician and master sheet metal worker. He retired in 2004 after 48 years with the company. He was also gifted in carpentry and electrical work.

He married Jane Merrill on March 24, 1961, and they resided for 50 years at the Harrison Road home that he renovated several times. He was a founding member of the Norway-Paris Fish and Game Club and a member of the Norway Trackers Snowmobile Club. He enjoyed camping, fishing, hiking, biking, dancing, snowmobiling, country music, rebuilding vehicles and canoes, painting landscapes and still lifes, feeding birds and watching the Red Sox.

He is survived by his wife, Jane Jones, of Norway; two sons, Stephen Jones and his wife, Bonnie, of Oxford and Randall Jones and his wife, Jean, of West Paris; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Margaret Stevens of North Waterford and Sylvia Jones and partner, George Hinkle, of Nampa, Idaho; a brother, Erwin Jones Jr. and his wife, Debbie, of East Stoneham; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Robert and Beth Merrill of Beebe, Ark., Elizabeth and Donald Ouellette of Eastham, Mass., Richard and Cinny Merrill of Concord, N.H., Edward and Sharon Merrill of Lee Center, N.Y., Shirley Merrill of Waterford, Mary Delamater of Oxford, Russell and Martha Merrill of Harrison, Raymond and Dorene Merrill of Waterford, Gail Merrill of Waterford, William and Penny Merrill of South Paris, Karen and Herb Hill of Norway, Marcia and John Butters of Waterford and James Merrill of Waterford; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

He was predeceased by his parents; a brother, Dean Brackett; and a brother-in-law, Merritt “Steve” Stevens.

Online condolences may be shared with his family at www.oxfordhillsfuneralservices.com.