Mrs. John D. "Gwen" Jones
Images and notes from Union Pacific Coal Company Employes' Magazine and from the Gert Milliken Collection
1929
Mrs. Gwen Jones. (UPCCEM, June 1929)
John D. "Deacon" Jones was killed in the June 30, 1903 explosion of Union Pacific Coal Company's No. 1 mine in Hanna.
Mrs. John D. Jones (Image from Gert Milliken Collection)
Hanna Cemetery Records
Jones, Gwen
Link: Headstone: "1866-1933; Mother"
Plot: 110
Age: 67
Note: The passing of Mrs. Gwen Jones on April 25 after a short illness deeply saddened the community. Mrs. Jones was one of our dearly loved old timers and was well known to all for her beautiful and kindly character. She was born in Pontypridd, Wales, October 10, 1866, and came to this country with her parents in 1889, settling in Carbon, where she was married to J.D. Jones and lived there till Carbon was abandoned, when the family moved to Hanna. Mr. Jones was a victim of the 1903 explosion. Mrs. Jones is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W.S. Milliken, a son, Henry Jones, and nine grand-children. Funeral services were held at the M.E. Church on Friday, April 28, Rev. A.D. Wilson officiating. The Pythian Sisters, of which organization Mrs. Jones was a member, held its services in the church also. Interment was made in Hanna Cemetery. (UPCCEM, June 1933)
Link: Headstone: "1866-1933; Mother"
Plot: 110
Age: 67
Note: The passing of Mrs. Gwen Jones on April 25 after a short illness deeply saddened the community. Mrs. Jones was one of our dearly loved old timers and was well known to all for her beautiful and kindly character. She was born in Pontypridd, Wales, October 10, 1866, and came to this country with her parents in 1889, settling in Carbon, where she was married to J.D. Jones and lived there till Carbon was abandoned, when the family moved to Hanna. Mr. Jones was a victim of the 1903 explosion. Mrs. Jones is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W.S. Milliken, a son, Henry Jones, and nine grand-children. Funeral services were held at the M.E. Church on Friday, April 28, Rev. A.D. Wilson officiating. The Pythian Sisters, of which organization Mrs. Jones was a member, held its services in the church also. Interment was made in Hanna Cemetery. (UPCCEM, June 1933)