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- Obituary 2013 Sep 14, Sat. - LYONS - Paul E Jones, long time publisher & editor of the Lyons Daily News, 77, died Sept. 12, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Oct 2, 1935, in Lyons, to Samuel Horace & Ruth Vermillion Jones. He graduated from Lyons High School in 1953, & received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Kansas State College in 1957. A lifetime resident of Lyons, he was the retired co-owner of The Lyons Daily News.
He belonged to the United Methodist Church, Lyons, Chamber of Commerce, Bell & Star Committee, was the current chairman of the board of the Lyons Federal Bank, was a past member of the Lyons Town & Country Club, all at Lyons, was past president & treasurer of the Kansas Press Association, & the Kansas State University Alumni Association.
He served in the US Army & the Army Reserves.
On Feb 18, 1961, he married Judith Ann Jones, in Minneapolis, KS. She survives. Other survivors include: 3 daughters, Cynthia & husband RADM Jeffrey Penfield, USN, Mechanicsville, Md., Bethany & husband Craig Prain, Tega Cay, S.C., & Meredith & husband John Ramsey, Centennial, Colo.; a sister, Carolyn & husband John Sayler, Lyons; a brother-in-law, Richard & Jean Todd, Minneapolis; 8 grandchildren; & a great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, & a brother-in-law, Lt. George D Jones, III, USN.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday Sept 16, 2013, at the United Methodist Church, Lyons, with the Rev. Bill Salmon, Salina, & the Rev. Brenda Davids presiding. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday Sept. 15, 2013, at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons, with the family present from 4 to 6 p.m. Burial will be in Lyons Municipal Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the Bell & Star Foundation, in care of the Lyons Federal Bank, P. O. Box 58, Lyons, KS.
Ref: The Hutchinson News Newspaper. - - -
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1935 - 2013 (77 years)