This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones, Shupe Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qg.2ADE/333 Message Board Post: Idaho State Journal, 12/01/02 MALAD — Oren James Jones, 89 years old and lifetime resident of Malad, Idaho, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2002, at Oneida County Hospital of a stroke. He was born to James Tyler and Sarah Shupe Jones October 9, 1913, in the bedroom of the home where he has lived all his life. Oren graduated from Malad High and completed his B.S. degree in agriculture at USU. He taught vocational agriculture at St. Anthony High School for three years. He then became a farm agent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming and later was transferred to the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. Oren and Pearl were married June 4, 1941. They later returned to Malad to resume farming with his father. During World War II he volunteered and served in the U.S. Air Force for four years, serving in British Guiana and Guam. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal. Oren enjoyed working the land that his grandfather homesteaded. He raised cattle, sheep and girls! He also enjoyed riding horses, herding cattle, hunting and fishing. He was an avid reader and furthered his education at ISU, Boise State University, BYU and USU. He was a member of Malad 2nd Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as scoutmaster for several years. Oren was a member of and cowboyed for the Pleasant View Grazing Assn. and served on many committees. He was a board member of the Malad Forest Users Assn., serving as secretary for 37 years. He initiated the 4-H Sheep Program in Oneida County and was a 4-H leader for other programs as well. Oren taught drivers’ education at Malad High for 16 years. He was a volunteer for the Idaho Department for Parks and Recreation, serving at the Gateway Visitors Center in Oneida County. He was proud to serve as a member of the American Legion, Ernest W. Jones Post #63, for over 50 years. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Pearl W. Jones; daughters, Jill (Garl) Drake, Victor, Idaho; Julie (Bill) Greer, Hyattville, Wyo., and Jody (Michael) Hansen, Moran, Utah; one son-in-law, Steven J. Larsen; one sister, Eleanor “Nel” Davis, Provo, Utah; 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and his daughter, Judy Kay (Steve) Larsen. Oren will always be remembered for his caring service to his neighbors and his community. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 2, 2002, at 12 noon in the Malad LDS 2nd/5th Ward chapel. Friends may call at the Horsley Funeral Home, 132 W. 100 N., this evening from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Monday at the funeral home from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Malad City Cemetery with military rites accorded by the American Legion, Ernest W. Jones Post #65.