Ralph Jones, 97, of Riverton, Wyoming passed away at his home on Friday, October 25, 2024. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 am, Thursday, October 31, 2024, at Lake View Cemetery in Shoshoni, Wyoming. A viewing will be held from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at Davis Funeral Home.
Ralph Wesley Jones was born June 28, 1927 in Deer River, Minnesota to Charles Chester and Hilda Mable (Gamble) Jones. He grew up in Minnesota and moved to Wyoming over sixty-seven years ago.
Ralph was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church where he served as a Deacon.
He worked as a logger, uranium miner and a farmer and rancher. He worked at the Lucky Mac Mine for 19 years, as well as a fireman for the Shoshoni Fire Department for many years.
On May 15, 1996 he married Nelda Yvonne Jones at the Riverton Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Ralph was a civic minded person and contributed to his community. He was a member of the V.F.W., Mayor of Shoshoni, served with the Wyoming Transportation Committee for sixteen years, a board member of Fremont County Association of Governments, and in 1993 he was named Citizen of the Year in Shoshoni.
Ralph was as he put it “jack of all trades and master of none”. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, playing cards and gardening. A story he loved to tell was when he and his brother were young on the Minnesota farm they saw a bear up a tree, it ran away, but the brother took off faster!
He is survived by his wife, Nelda “Yvonne” Jones of Riverton, WY; sons, Kevin (Jill) Jones of Casper, WY, and Charles Jones (Harold Robbins) of Denver, CO; daughters, Colleen (Craig) Mooney of Rathdrum, ID, Norma “Jean” Jensen of Riverton, WY, and Julie (Gary) Shrandra of Pine Bluffs, WY; thirteen grandchildren and twenty-three great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Hilda Jones; son, Dennis Jones; daughter Candis “Candy” Jones; brothers, Woodrow, George, Raymond, and Kenny; and his sisters, Winne, Shirley, and Martha.
On-line condolences for Ralph may be made at TheDavisFuneralHome.com
Services under the direction of Davis Funeral Home, Crematory, and Monuments.