Marlo Jones

Marlo Jones, 75, died Sunday, September 13, 2009 at the VA Medical Center, Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be at 10:00am Thursday, September 17, 2009 at the First Baptist Church, Parker with military rites with burial to follow at 2:00pm at the Emanuel Cemetery, Springfield. Visitation will be from 1-5:00pm Wednesday at Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home, Parker with family present from 6-8:00pm Wedneday evening at the church with a prayer service at 7:30pm. For obituary and online registry please visit www.hofmeisterjones.com. Marlo was born on December 7, 1933 at Springfield, SD to George and Anna (Wynia) Jones. On June 16, 1953 he was united in marriage to Marjorie Gossel at Spencer, SD. They were the parents of a son, Marlon. He married Shirley Vanderberg on October 9, 1999. In 1956 he was drafted into the Army where he was stationed in Germany, being discharged in 1958. He owned a trucking business in Madison and Sioux Falls for several years. He was an avid race car owner and driver, racing at Husets Speedway and Interlakes Speedway in Madison. He moved to Mesa, AZ in 1985 and returned to South Dakota in 2000 where he lived in Parker. He worked for the last 3 years for Rechnagel Construction as a truck driver. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife Shirley, Parker; his son Marlon and wife Kristi, Harrisburg; 3 grandchildren, Taylor, Ryan, and Kyle; a sister Georgia (Doug) Richardson, Gold Canyon, AZ; a brother Don (Betty) Jones, Sioux Falls; and a half sister, Marian (David) Black, Sioux Falls. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Marjorie, half sisters Dorothy Miller, Murial Allen, and Helen Magstedt, and a half brother Thorvald Jones.