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Laura B. Hester

(Abt 1866 - 27 Jun 1949)

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Alfred Hester

Marriage: . .

Laura B. Hester

William Jones Elizabeth Gruver

Children
Allen H. Jones

Sibling(s):
None

Notes:

Easton Express, Tuesday, June 28, 1949
Son, 64, Stricken Ten Hours After Death of Mother
Double Funeral Rites to Be Held Thursday In Portland

A bridge officer for the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, who formerly resided in Phillipsubrg, died last night at his home in Portland, 10 hours after his mother died at the same residence.

The son, Allen H. Jones, 64, an officer on the bridge at Delaware, N.J. was stricken with a heart attack at his home Delaware Avenue, after his mother, Mrs. Laura B. Jones, 83, had died there earlier in the day.

Double funeral services will be held on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the Horton funeral home, Johnsonville, The Rev. Ernest T. Campbell, pastor of Portland Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Riverview cemetery, Portland.

Mrs. Jones, the widow of William Jones, had been in failing health for several years. She was born near Richmond, Northampton County, a daughter of the late Alfred and Elizabeth Gruver Hester. She spend all her married life in Portland.

She was a member of Portland Presbyterian Church, and it's women's Missionary Society. She also was a charter member of the Portland Women's Club. Mrs. Jones was a the last survivng member of her family.

Mr. Jones was born in Portland and had been a bridge officer about 15 years. While he resided in Phillipsburg, he worked at the old Standard Silk Mill. He moved back to Portaland when he was appointed a bridge officer.

He was a member of a Presbytian Church in Phillipsburg; Delaware Lodge 52, F. & A. M. of Phillipsburg; Lehigh Consistory, of Allentown; Crescent Shrine TEmple of Trenton, N.J., and Warren County Forest 14, Tall Cedars of Lebanon.

Mr. Jones formerly was a scribe for the Tall Cedars organization while he made his home in Phillipsburg. He was also a member of the Laurel Hill Rod and Gun Club of Portand,. His only survivor is his wife, Ethel S. Jones.

Last Updated on: September 16, 2008

Daughter of William Knauss and Elizabeth
Born: July 1860
Died 09 Oct 1927.