| Collins E. Jones |
| Collins
Elmer Jones, 84, died September 28, 2002. He was born June 11, 1918 in
Thatcher, AZ to Dr. Byron Jones and Edna Cynthia Layton Jones. Born of
goodly parents, he was grateful for his rich pioneer heritage and
continually gave tribute to his ancestral heroes, Daniel W. Jones and
Christopher Layton. He loved his family. Collins married Florence Maxine
Brown Aug 18, 1941 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He served his country
during World War II as an officer in the U.S. Navy. The son of a school
teacher, he received his master's degree in education at USC and taught
school at Pierce College in Los Angeles, CA for 25 years. In 1941 he,
along with two of his brothers, played on the Arlington Ward team which
won the All-Church M-Men Basketball Championship. He was very athletic and
coached winning teams in rugby and basketball. A love for the Polynesian
people began in 1957 when he took his family to New Zealand and taught at
the church college. He served as bishop of the Woodland Hills Ward and as
president of the Canoga Park Stake in Los Angeles, CA. In 1976 he and
Maxine returned to New Zealand to preside over the Auckland Mission. He
loved the church. His loving wife Maxine died in 1982. That same year he
was called to serve in the presidency of the Salt Lake Temple. He served
with three different presidents during the next nine years. Collins
married Betty Mills Ellingson Dec 20, 1984 and she graciously joined him
in his years of temple service. Together they served as president and
matron of the Ogden Temple, 1996-1999. Since then he was been a sealer in
the Bountiful Temple. He loved the Lord. Collins is survived by his wife,
Betty, North Salt Lake City, UT; son, Collins Bruce (Jerri) Jones,
Richardson, TX; daughter Christine Jones (Dennis) Baird, Provo, UT; 13
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; seven stepchildren; 24
step-grandchildren; brothers, Layton Byron (Berniece) Jones, John Ralph
(Dorothy) Jones; and sisters, Helen Jones (Lyle) Buffington, Edna Ruth
Jones Clifford. We will miss him, but find great comfort in knowing of his
joyous reunion with family members preceding him in death, parents; wife,
Maxine; daughter, Patricia Lynn Jones (Robert) Liljenquist; and brothers,
Joseph Talmage (Vera Jean) Jones, Harold Walter Jones. We love you,
Collins. Services will be Wed. Oct 2, 2002, 12 noon, Foxhill Ward chapel,
200 S. Eagle Ridge Blvd (1200 E), North Salt Lake. Friends may call Tues.
6-8 p.m., Larkin Mortuary, 260 E. South Temple (enter from 300 E) and Wed.
at the church 10:30-11:30 a.m. prior to ser-vices. Published in the Deseret News from 9/29/2002 - 9/30/2002. |