Leo Jones
Leo Jones
Leo James "Jim" Jones, 75, of Hawkeye died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, at his home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Sumner, with burial to follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Sumner, Iowa.
Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Sumner, and one hour preceding the Funeral Mass at the church.
Leo was born Feb. 21, 1943, on the family farm in Sumner to Clarence and Mathilda (Bouska) Jones.
He was baptized and confirmed at Immaculate Conception Church in Sumner and attended Sumner schools through the 10th grade.
He worked for Sumner Egg Packing Company and Kroblin Refrigerated Express before joining the United States Air Force in 1961. His military career took him to Lackland AFB in Texas, McConnell AFB in Wichita, Ankinci AFB in Turkey for four months, and McCoy AFB in Orlando, Fla. He received his GED while in Air Force.
On June 8, 1964, Leo married Linda Thompson of Sumner in Orlando, Fla.
On April 27, 1965, he was honorably discharged from the service. The couple then moved back to Sumner.
Leo went to work for John Deere in Waterloo on July 16, 1965.
The couple lived in Sumner and Cedar Falls before finding their home in Hawkeye in 1968. This is where they would raise their family and spend over 54 years together.
They started Linda's Lunch Wagon in June 1990 and traveled with different auctioneers to sales providing lunch for the crowd. They worked with many auctioneers over the years and enjoyed it so much they continued to run the service for over 20 years.
On July 31, 1994, Leo retired from John Deere. They bought Frederika's Stein and Dine in Frederika in September 1998. They sold the supper club in 2013 and officially retired.
Leo was a member of the Immaculate Catholic Church in Sumner and a member of Arnold Rogers American Legion Post 312 in Hawkeye.
Over the years Leo worked other jobs at Five Star Co-op and Oran Co-op, raised cattle, and always raised a large garden. He enjoyed taking produce to farmers’ markets and having enough product to can for the winter months to feed the family. He also loved to pick up black walnuts and hickory nuts. Leo would spend the winter months cracking nuts and picking out the meat, and he was known to have a freezer full of nut meat by spring, which he would sell or give away.
Leo is survived by his wife, Linda; children Kimberly (Ken) Koester of Spokane, Wash., Julie Jones of Hawkeye, and Andrew (Anessa) Jones of Hawkeye; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; siblings Rachel Johnson of Missouri, Robert of Des Moines and Dorothy Baker of Missouri.
He was preceded in death by sons Russell in infancy and Christopher in 2015; his parents; stepfather Joe Volker; siblings Mary Anderson, Ralph, Kenny and Roger Jones, and Leola Strempke.
S.K. Rogers Funeral Home, Sumner, is in charge of arrangements. 39u39