JACK WILBUR MILTON JONES
Services for Jack Wilbur Milton Jones, 64, Red Oak, will be today, August 16, 1988, at 2 PM at Nelson-Boylan Funeral Chapel with the Rev. George Weitzel of Emerson United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Iowa
He died Saturday (August 13, 1988) at The Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, following a brief illness.
Mr. Jones was born September 11, 1923, in Coburg to John and Alta Jones. He married Geneva Arlene Patterson in Omaha,
April 12, 1944, in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.
A painter, he was also a private in the U. S. Army during WW II. (Private, Co G 47th Infantry, U. S. Army)
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Dennis and Kelvin, both of Red Oak, Iowa, and Harold of Omaha, Nebraska; two daughters, Marlene Skalberg and Jackie Hoover, both of Emerson, Iowa; 18 grandchildren; mother, Alta Hilding of Red Oak, Iowa; six brothers, Kenneth, Chester, Junior, and Wallace, all of Red Oak, Iowa, Lee of Pekin, Illinois, and Delmont of Buffalo, Missouri; two sisters, Bonnie Abbott of Stanton, Iowa, and Naomi Spittler of Plad, Missouri.
Information found in The Red Oak Express, Tuesday, August 16, 1988.
Jack's two middle names-Wilbur Milton-were named after two women that helped birth him.

Pvt. Jack Wilbur Milton Jones (374755848) was born on September 11, 1923 and entered service on March 17, 1943 at Ft. Crook, Nebraska. He was discharged at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on September 17, 1945.
He was assigned to C. "G" 47th Infantry.
He served in the European Theatre, taking part in battles of Northern France, The Rhineland, and the Ardennes.
He was awarded 3 Bronze Battle Stars, the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Distinguished Service Unit Badge.
Jack was wounded at Elvenich, Germany on March 3, 1945 and again on March 17, 1945 at Vettelclass, Germany.
His rank at discharge was Private.

JONES BROTHERS WOUNDED IN ACTION
Mrs. Alta Jones has received word that her son, Pvt. Delmont Jones was wounded in action and is in a hospital in the Philippines. His injuries consisted of a shattered hip. Two weeks ago, Mrs. Jones received word that her son, Pvt. Jack Jones was wounded in Germany and is in a hospital there.
Red Oak Express, Red Oak, Iowa, Monday, December 11th, 1944, page 1

SGT DELMONT JONES WOUNDED VET HOME
Sgt. Delmont Jones hospitalized since wounded in action November 5, at Leyet, in overseas hospital and in the States, was brought to the home of his mother, Mrs. Alta Jones who resided in the Detwiller Apartments, 301 West Third Street, early Sunday morning from a government hospital in Topeka, Kansas in the Sellergren Ambulance, Delaine Sellergren and the serviceman's brother, Kenneth Jones made the trip to get him. He stood the trip "fairly" well. He is in a brace from his hip to his toes. He was shot thru the hip, had a broken leg, hit by shrapnel and suffered from jungle fever. He was homesick and had been given a 21 day furlough. Sunday 75 relatives and friends called to see him among them being his sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Abbott and children of Glenwood. He was the first group to go into Leyte and was among the first wounded to return to the United States. He will get to spend a portion of his time at home and then return to the hospital for further treatment.
Mrs. Alta Jones received a message Friday from the War Department saying that her son, Pvt, Jack Jones, had again been wounded and was in a hospital. He was with Patton's Third Army in Germany. He was wounded in the hand. Last August Pvt Jones received leg wounds in action and was hospitalized from August until after Christmas.
Mrs. Alta Jones, son John Jones, has won his wings and is ready for overseas action. He will get his furlough April 5 and will be home from Tindall Field, Florida, for a visit with his mother and wounded brother, Sgt. Delmont Jones.
Her fourth son in the service is Chester Jones, seaman first class with the Coast Guards along the Pacific.
Red Oak Express, Red Oak, Iowa, Monday, April 2, 1945, page 1