Gordon Schubert Jones LtCol USAF (Ret)
Gordon Schubert Jones of Scottsdale, AZ passed away Monday, January 9, 2017 after a long battle with Inclusion Body Myositis. Born in Utica, NY on September 30, 1937, Gordon attended Penn State University, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology. Gordon served 28 years in the USAF as a meteorologist. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. Gordon retired from Offutt AFB, NE in 1988. He was a member of the American Meteorological Society since 1959. Gordon was active in the Sarpy Serenaders Barbershop Chorus and several quartets. He was a 50 year member of the State College, PA Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 55 years, Martha Prasse Jones, daughter Edythe Jones of Phoenix, son Christopher Gordon Jones (Melinda) of Fountain Hills, and one grandson, Mitchell. Gordon was preceded in death by his parents, William & Catherine, and his sister Catherine Ann.
Services will be held in Bellevue, Nebraska on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 104 Galvin Road North. Visitation will be Monday, January 16, 2017 from 5-7 p.m. at the Bellevue Memorial Funeral Chapel with a Masonic Service at 7 p.m.
Following the service, Gordon’s inurnment will be at the Immanuel Lutheran Columbarium with military honors by the Offutt Air Force Base Honor Guard. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Gordon’s name to the Myositis Association at www.myositis.org or to the Barbershop Harmony Foundation, 110 Seventh Avenue, North, Suite 200, Nashville, TN 37203 in memory of Gordon S. Jones, member #250611.
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