Danny Ray Jones

Obituary

Danny Ray Jones passed away peacefully at his home the morning of October 12, 2022. Danny was born on September 14, 1948 to Melvin and Berneice Jones in Norfolk, Nebraska.
Danny was active in the community and rose to social and academic levels worth noting. Danny rose to the highest level in the Boy Scouts of America earning his Eagle Scout badge in 1964. The family later moved to Sioux City, Iowa, where Danny graduated from Central High School in 1966. Danny loved music and performed with Jonathan Soul and the Colonial Ruffians as lead singer and trumpeter in Sioux City, Iowa in the late 1960s.
Danny’s drive for high achievement continued in college where he attended Western Iowa Tech and earned a degree in Engineering and became a certified Draftsman. He became an Engineering Associate for Western Electric in St. Louis, Missouri. Danny continued his education by attending University of Missouri where earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and later a Master’s of Science degree from Wayne State College in the discipline of Education. Afterwards, Danny began teaching high school at Pierce High School in Pierce, Nebraska, at Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, as well as Bancroft, Nebraska. Danny continued to rise in the field of education becoming an Administrational Manager at Northeast Nebraska Community College in Norfolk, Nebraska.
After retiring and moving to the Mansfield – Arlington, Texas area to be close to his son and family. Danny continued being active in organizations such as the Fraternal Order of Eagles Club in Norfolk Nebraska, where he was a past President, and the Elks Lodge in Arlington, Texas in which he was a lifetime member.
Danny is preceded in death by his parents, Melvin and Berneice Jones of Norfolk, Nebraska.
Danny is survived by his son, Geoffrey S. and wife Brigid K. Jones of Arlington, Texas; his brother, Larry and wife Joan Jones of River Ridge, Louisiana; the mother of his son, Patricia Kelly of Mesa, Arizona; grandchildren, Aidan S., Avery A., and Adam B. Jones of Arlington, Texas; nephew, Douglas L. Jones of Tacoma, Washington; and niece, Kimberly K. Anderson of Ridgefield, Washington, and many friends and relatives.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations and contributions to Tanakaglobal.org, or the American Cancer Society, or the American Head and Neck Society.



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