Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 at 10:31:01 :
Independent Journal
Tuesday, December 28, 1971
Page 4
THOMAS JONES
Military funeral for Thomas Charles Jones of Novato, killed last Wednesday in the crash of a light plane in Southern California, was held today in Santa Rosa.
Jones, 25-year-old recruiter at the Reserve Navy Training Facility in San Rafael, died when the plane he was piloting crashed near Newhall, Los Angeles County. His passengers, Mrs. Loretta Kitchens and her daughter, Shelley, 3, of Healdsburg, were also killed in the crash.
The plane, a Cessna 172, belonged to the Nor-Cal Flying Club of which Jones was a member. Jones and the Kitchenses left Sonoma County Airport in it Wednesday afternoon headed for Brackett Field, near Pomona. It crashed on an 1,800 foot ridge in the rain and fog, and then fell into a canyon.
Jones was born in Washington, D.C. but moved to the Bay Area as a baby with his parents. He lived in Santa Rosa since 1958, graduating from Santa Rosa Junior College. In 1967-68 he was stationed in Vietnam with the Navy. He then joined the Navy Reserves and for the past year has been stationed at the Reserve Navy Training Facility in San Rafael.
He is survived by his mother, Verdanell Jones of Santa Rosa; a step-brother, David J. Ogle of Petaluma; two brothers, Kenneth S. Jones of Newark and Henry S. Jones of Santa Rosa; and two sisters, Evanell K. Harsh of Santa Rosa and Cheryl Doss of Healdsburg.
Burial was in the Veterans Lawn Section of Santa Rosa Memorial Park.
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A Death Notice in the same paper adds that arrangements were by Eggen and Lance Mortuary. The military funeral service was held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Santa Rosa.
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