- Date Of Birth: September 6, 1927
- Date Of Death: April 6, 2014
- State: Michigan
JONES, Robert G. Bob passed away Sunday afternoon, April 6, 2014, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born on September 6, 1927, in Kalamazoo, the son of Roland and Helen Grostic Jones.
Bob was a veteran of the United States Army and United States Air Force serving during World War II and the Korean War. On July 13, 1956, he was united in marriage to the former Grace M. Meints. Bob grew up working in the family business, R.M. Jones Gift Shop, and eventually became owner and operator of the business, until it’s closing in 2009. Bob was an Eagle Scout and a lifeguard at Torch Lake. He loved the water, sailing, and boating at the family cottage on Eagle Lake Texas Twp.
Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Grace Jones; their two children, Barbara Wright of Vicksburg and Ron Cheri Jones of Richland; five grandchildren, Larry Liz Wright, Jennifer Rob Lint, Bill Susan Wright, David Wright, and John Wright; four great-grandchildren, Larry and Landon Wright and Elliana and Emelia Lint; and brother, Trevor Kay Jones of Northport.
Preceding him in death were his parents and son-in-law, Larry Wright.
