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Benjamin Jones
A funeral was held last Tuesday in the Austin Funeral Chapel for Benjamin C. Jones, 74, of
Fallon who died last Saturday, (18 Aug 1979), in a Fallon hospital.
Jones was born Oct 18, 1904, in Alexander, Idaho. As a young man he moved to Duckwater and
in 1924 he moved to Fallon where he ranched in the Soda Lake and Northern areas.
He married Arlie A. Lehman, July 24, 1928.
Jones later moved to Hawthorne where he worked for many years at the Hawthorne Naval
Ordnance Depot. He retired in 1971 and returned to Fallon.
Jones is survived by his widow, a son Edward Jones of Hawthorne, two daughters, Joyce A.
Konoske of Chatsworth, CA, and Margaret A. Leon of Babbitt; two brothers John Thomas Jones
of Blackfoot, Idaho and George Jones of Klamath Falls, OR; four sisters, Minnie Sharp of
Nyla, Velma Nelson of Grants Pass, OR, Eva Wilson of Lincoln City, WA, and Delphia Warren
of Eagleville, CA; 15 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Burial will be in the Fallon Cemetery. nd 23 Aug 1979