Stanley H. Jones, 71, of West Finley Township, formerly of Cleveland and North Royalton, Ohio, and Scranton, died at 2 a.m. Friday, January 30, 1998, in Presbyterian Medical Center, Washington. Mr. Jones attended Sacred Heart Worship Site of Immaculate Conception Parish, Claysville. He was a private first class in the U.S. Army during World War II and served in the European Theater, participating in the Battle of the Bulge where he was captured and held as prisoner of war for four months. He received two Bronze Stars and a Good Conduct Medal for his service. Mr. Jones was employed for 23 years as a lift truck mechanic with Otis Elevator, Cleveland, until his retirement in 1976. He then worked as a lift truck mechanic for Volkswagen, New Stanton, retiring in 1988. He was a member of American Legion Edwin Scott Linton Post 175 of Washington. On November 18, 1968, in Cleveland, he married Helen Sanok Karoleski, who survives. Also surviving are a stepson, Bob Karoleski of Parma, Ohio; a stepdaughter, Audrey Verhotz of Rome, Ohio; two brothers, Bob and Tom Jones, both of Scranton; a sister, Jean Jones of Scranton; five grandchildren, Joe Karoleski, Mary Jo DePiero, Kurt Unger, Renee Wallace and Erik Unger; eight great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Deceased is a sister, Ann Jones. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Saturday, January 31, 1998Stanley H. Jones
Lift truck mechanic was prisoner of war
He was born February 20, 1926, in Washington, D.C., a son of Stanley and Geraldine Huston Jones.