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Jones, wife of ex-ooenff Newton Jones, died at her home here Tuesday afternoon, June 6, * f an illness of about threeweeks, though she had not been well Lu longer period.1was ^°ru *n I°w,a, September 21, io7u, and came west with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glasscock, about twenty settling first on Lopez island. Alter living there about six years the ramify moved to Port Townsend, and it v,as there that Etta Glasscock became the wife of Newton Jones, 'December 11, lg7. They moved to 8haw island in 1890 and from there to Friday Harbor in 1893. Mrs. Jones leaves three childreu who will sadly miss thelovin8 care—Irwin, age 10; Edith, 7, and Harold, 4. Her fattier arrived on the Thompson Tuesday and was with her when she died. She leaves one brother in Alaska, one who is quartermaster on the steamship Empress of China, and two sisters, Mrs. Ihos. Graham, of Richardson, and Mrs. McKay, of Port Townsend, the latter of whom was with her for several days before her death.The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon, Rev. J. W. White conducting the services at the house and at the church and cemetery at Lopez, where the interment took place.Mr. Jones and his three motherless children, now at the home of his mother on Lopez, and the other relatives of the young mother so early called away, have the heartfelt sympathy of a large circle of warm friends.Card of Thanks.In behalf of myself and children I desire to extend my heartfelt thanks to the friends who so kindly and faithfully assisted me during the illness of my beloved wife, and who have given me all the aid and comfort within their power since her death, and I desire especially to express my siucere appreciation of the unremitting care and attention given to my wife during her entire illness by Dr. Geo. 8. Wright.Newtox Jones.
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Friday Harbor San Juan Islander
Friday Harbor, Washington, US
Thu, Jun 08, 1899
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