Living married Florence Louise JONES, .2 Florence (daughter of Paul Americus JONES and Thekla Adolphi FISHER) was born on 21 Jan 1916 in Pittsburg, Crawford Co., Kansas; died on 27 Jul 1975 in Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri; was buried in Hilltop Cemetery, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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. .1975 Jul 28, Mon. - Obituary Mrs. George Gill
STERLING - Florence Louise Gill, 59, died Sunday at St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Mo. Born Jan. 21, 1916 at Pittsburg, she was married to Dr. George L. Gill, Sept. 18, 1935 at Lyons. She moved to Lampe, Mo. two years ago from Sterling.
She was a member of the Sterling United Methodist Church; former board member & past-president of Sterling's USD 376; chairman of the Sterling Housing Authority; Sterling Library board; past-president of the Sterling PTA; PEO; former
member of Sterling Sorosis.
Survivors include: widower, Lampe, Mo.; sons: George, Laramie, Wyo.; Paul, Springfield, Mo.; Samuel, Beverly Hills, Calif.; sister: Mrs. Virginia Haas, Tulsa, Okla.; 2 grandchildren.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sterling United Methodist Church; Rev. Phil Chastain. Burial will be in Hilltop Cemetery, Raymond. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Tuesday and until noon Wednesday at Porter-Sillin Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials to the Sterling Library.
Ref: The Hutchinson Newspaper. - - -

Buried:
Raymond, Rice Co.,

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Paul Americas marred1 Thekla Fisher, 2 children; &
married2, 1947 to Laura Weide, Prather, no children.

1950 Jan 5, Tues. - Obituary Death Takes Paul Jones, Lyons Editor
LYONS - Paul A Jones, 71, editor of the Lyons Daily News for nearly 36 of the 48 years the newspaper has been in existence, died late Monday night in a hospital at Sterling, Kas.
Jones, whose editorials & paragraphs were widely quoted in Kansas newspapers, underwent an abdominal operation last September & it was determined at that time he was suffering from cancer. The author of 2 books, he became known as the Admiral of the Kansas Navy because of his name & because he was an ardent went in a dry state.
Jones was born in Lyons May 31, 1882, the son of a pioneer lawyer, Horace Jones. He was educated in the Lyons schools & attended DePauw University at Greencastle, Ind., where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
He went to Tulsa, then to Indian territory, after two years at DePauw, worked for a short time in the Tulsa postoffice, then went to work for the Chetopa (Kas.) Advance, where his uncle for whom he was named, Paul Jones, was owner & editor.
Later he worked as a reporter in Joplin, Mo., & Coffeyville, Kas., then engaged for a time in the job printing business at Coffeyville. About 1910 he established the Coffeyville Sun, a morning daily. He sold this paper in 1915 & went to Pittsburg, where he established another daily of the same name.
Selling his interests there he returned to Lyons in 1918 & purchased the Lyons Daily News from Martin Laud. Six years later, with several others who held minor interests, a corporation was formed to buy the town's other paper, the Republican, from Jack Lawrence. The Republican was operated for a year as a weekly, then merged with the News.
Jones' first book, "Coronado & Quivera," was published as a result of research into the history of Coronado's visit to this locality in 1541. To gather facts for the book, Jones traveled extensively in New Mexico & Mexico. In 1941 he was chairman of Kansas' Coronado Quarte Centennial Commission, which sponsored observances of the 400th anniversary of Coronado's exploration of Kansas. His latest book, "Blue Feather," a novel about Pueblo Indian life in New Mexico before the coming of the white man, was issued only recently.
Jones was married in Lyons in 1912 to Thekla Fisher. They became the parents of two children, now Mrs Charles Haas of Tulsa & Mrs George L Gill of Sterling.

After the death of his first wife in 1944 he was married in 1947 to Laura Weide Prather of St John, who survives. Also surviving are a sister, Mary Alice Jones, & a brother, Horace Jones, managing editor of the Lyons Daily News.
Paul Jones was a former postmaster at Lyons, served on the school & library boards & was Democratic Central Committee chairman for Rice County. A Democrat since the election of Woodrow Wilson to the presidency, he continued as such all his life although he did not list himself as a New Dealer & usually was a severe critic of the Roosevelt administration.
He supported Republican Alf Landon for president & traveled with him on his campaign train. He was a state delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Houston. At one time he was mentioned prominently as a Democratic candidate for governor, but did not permit his name to receive formal consideration. He was a member of the Elks & Masonic lodges.
He had practically retired from the newspaper operation the last 10 years & following a heart attack 6 years ago contributed only through a personal column which he wrote at his home.
A private burial service will be held early Thursday afternoon with only members of the family attending. It will be followed by a memorial service at 2:30 p.m. that day at the Crawford & Miller Mortuary. Burial will be in the Lyons Public Cemetery.
The family asked that no flowers be sent.
Ref: The Hutchinson Newspaper. - - -

Paul married Thekla Adolphi FISHER. Thekla was born on 2 Aug 1884 in Racine, Meigas Co., Ohio; died on 6 May 1944 in Lyons, Rice Co., Kansas; was buried in Lyons Municipal Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Theca is the daughter of Hermine Stella Christiane & Edward Combie Fisher, MD.

1944 May 4, Thrus. - Obituary Mrs. Paul Jones
Lyons - Mrs. Thekla Jones, 59, wife of Paul Jones, editor of the Lyons New, died at 3 a. m. Thursday in the Sterling hospital. She had been ill 3 years & had been in a critical condition 11 days.
Mrs. Jones was born in Racine, O., Aug. 2, 1884 & when she was one year old came to Lyons with her parents, Dr. & Mrs E. C. Fisher. Her father was a pioneer Lyons physician. After her marriage to the Lyons editor they lived in Eastern Kansas a few years, returning to Lyons about 1918. Active in civic & club work in Lyons throughout her residence there, Mrs. Jones was also a leader in state club activities. She served as president of the Seventh District Federation of Women's clubs & was active in PEO work.
Survivors are the widower; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Haas of Lyons & Mrs. George Gill of Sterling; three sisters, Mrs. L. C. Needham & Mrs. A. G. Hartronft of Lyons & Mrs. Myron Stewart of New York city; a brother, Dr. Charles E. Fisher of Lyons, & 2 grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 2:30 p. m. Saturday in the Crawford-Miller Mortuary at Lyons & burial will be in Lyons Cemetery.
Ref: The Hutchinson News-Herald

Samuel married Anna Eve HEINLEY on 31 Aug 1881 in Lyons, Rice Co., Kansas. Anna was born in 1858 in Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania; died in 1938 in Lyons, Rice Co., Kansas; was buried in Lyons Municipal Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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. Obituary 1938 Jan 13 -
Funeral services for Mrs S H Jones, 79, mother of Paul Jones, & Horace Jones of the Lyons News, & sister of John D Heinly, 706 East Third, will be held in Lyons this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mrs Jones died early Tuesday morning after an illness of about a year. She was a pioneer of Rice county, coming with her parents, Mr & Mrs J R Heinly, to a farm southeast of Lyons in 1877. She was married to S H Jones, Lyons attorney, in 1881. Two daughters, Mary Alice Jones, Lyons, & Mrs C R Wakefield, Chicago, also survive.
Ref: Hutchinson News. - - -