Frank was born in Kalispell, Montana August 5, 1933 to Loren and Kathryn Jones. His father being a minister, and moving quite often, Frank attended a number of elementary schools, and the first two years of High School in Washington State. In his Junior year of High School he went to live on the farm of some people his parents had known years earlier in Greenleaf, Idaho, working for his Board and Room and attending Greenleaf Friends Academy from which he graduated. Frank entered George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon in the Fall of 1950 attending there for the next two years. Then, with the Korean War in progress, Frank joined the Marine Corps going through Boot Camp in San Diego, California, then to Camp Pendleton, California for Advanced Combat training and to Korea where he was assigned to a mortar squad in Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. However, with a Motor Transport MOS he was later transferred to Regimental Headquarters where he was assigned as the driver for the Regimental Chaplain, a position which he held for the remainder of his time in the Marine Corps.
On returning from Korea he married Marie Helen Dowling of Seattle, whom he had known prior to going to Korea. Two children were born to this union during his remaining time in the Marine Corp whereupon they moved to Seattle in 1957. Needing employment right away he became a bus driver for Seattle Transit and then took the test for the Seattle Police Department which he joined on January 2, 1959. During the next several years four more children were to join the family. Frank retired from the police department on December 30, 1983 having attained the rank of Captain. In the ensuing years, he worked at a number of jobs including Special Deputy U.S. Marshal, tour bus driver in Alaska, long haul truck driver and working refurbishing buses for the Alaska tour market.
Frank's wife Marie passed away in 1992 after 37 years of marriage. In 1996, he was to marry a lady whom he had known for a number of years, Kathleen Deonigi of Seattle. In the following years they traveled throughout the United States, Canada and Alaska and in 1999 took a tour through ten countries in Europe and spent a month driving through England, Scotland and Wales. In 2001 they moved to Port Angeles, Washington.
Frank was preceded in death by his first wife Marie; two sons, Michael and Jeffrey and two daughters, Marilyn and Marcia and his second wife, Kathleen. Following the passing of Kathleen, Frank sold his home in Port Angeles and moved to Crista Senior Living, a Christian community operated by Crista Ministries in Shoreline, Washington where he lived out his remaining years.
He is survived by two daughters, Regina (Rick) King of Beaverton, Oregon and Kathleen (Paul) Hendricks of Seattle, Washington and ten grandchildren.
A funeral service honoring the life of Francis Jones will be held Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 1:30 PM at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home, 11111 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, Washington 98133.
Following the service, a committal ceremony for Frank's final resting place at Washelli Cemetery, Rose Hill Terrace Mausoleum.
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