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Service Held for Warren M. Jones
SAVONBURG, KS (May 13, 2003) - A memorial service was held at the Evangelical
Covenant Church of Savonburg on May 5 for retired ordained Covenant
minister Warren M. Jones of Chanute, Kansas, who died May 1.
The 84-year-old Jones was born May 7, 1918, in Sioux City, Iowa, and was
baptized at the Covenant church there. Following two years at North Park
Junior College, he finished his undergraduate degree at Emporia State
University in Kansas before returning to Chicago to earn his theology
diploma at North Park Theological Seminary. By then, he had already spent
three years in ministry at Stotler Covenant Church in Osage City,
Kansas.
Ordained by the Covenant in 1946, Jones served as pastor at two rural
churches in Michigan from 1945-47. He then began a teaching career that
spanned more than three decades, earning masters degrees from both the
University of Michigan (secondary school administration) and Emporia State
(physical science). While teaching, Jones was pastor at Axtell Covenant
Church in Axtell, Kansas, from 1964-66 and served at Vilas
Bethel Lutheran Church in Chanute, Kansas, from 1968-87 before retiring.
Jones is survived by his wife, Ann, and children Nancy (Clough) and Norman.
Memorial gifts may be sent to the Covenant Ministers' Crisis Fund in care
of The Department of the Ordered Ministry of the Evangelical Covenant
Church, 3311 West Foster Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60625.
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