Cletis Jones

Cletis Jones, 76, of Moline, went home to God, Friday, July 30, 2004, at Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trimble Funeral Home, Coal Valley. Burial is in Coal Valley Cemetery. Visitation is 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the family. Cletis was born June 8, 1928, in Hunt, Arkanasas, the son of Paul and Jane (Swafford) Jones. He married the former Mildred Darlene Blanchard-Carlisle March 25, 1951, in Rock Island. He worked as a millwright for the former International Harvester Farmall Works, Rock Island, for over 20 years, as well as at various other shops in the Quad Cities. He enjoyed having his family around him, watching the Cubs, game shows, and boating. He was a Christian who will be sadly missed here on Earth. Cletis is survived by his wife, Darlene; two children, Tamara Pratt and Kip Jones; seven grandchildren and their spouses, Michelle and Tom Stechalin, Terry Pratt Jr., Melinda Pratt, Kris and Tanya Jones, Kara and Todd Hurst, Kyle and Aimee Jones, and Craig Jones; and 13 great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law, George and Linda Jones, and R.T. and Phyllis Jones; and a sister and brother-in-law, Rachel and Gene Ortiz. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Kip Jones Jr., and a great-granddaughter, Ashley Pratt.