other residents and staff members express their fondness for Wilford and Barbara.

In the last month at Lincoln Meadows, Wilford and Barbara have participated in the various activities available there, such as evening movies, educational videos presentations, “happy hour” events on Friday’s where musical guests perform, exercise classes, excursions to Safeway and Target. Variety singer Jerry Galloway is a recurring “happy hour” performer who Wilford and Barbara enjoy.

(Greg, Scott, Jennifer, Wilford, Barbara, and Doug at 6831, S. Spotswood St., Littleton, CO [April 4, 2018]) The Wilford and Barbara Jones Family Newsletter

Inaugural Issue Singer Jerry Galloway (from with https://www.gigmasters.com/varietysinger/jerrygalloway)

Special Supplement Wilford and Barbara make regular trips to their dentist, for Wedding Photos of Dr. David Dunn, during which Dr. Dunn works towards plans to give them the best dental health possible. As Heather del Nero & Marcus Lund Dr. Dunn’s office is in Aurora, each trip is about 14 to 15 miles each way, taking about 25 or30 minutes each way. Fortunately, Wilford and Barbara very much like April 15, 2019 the driver who takes them to these appointments and Greg Jones, Editor enjoy visiting with her during their drives and in Dr. [email protected] Dunn’s waiting room.

Table of Contents Family Member Updates Family History Story of the Month From the Wilford and Barbara Jones Archives From the Archives of Greg Jones Extended Family Happenings Other News of Interest Supplement: Heather & Marcus Wedding Photos

Family Member Updates [to Table of Contents] Dr. Dunn (from https://daviddunndmd.com/aurora-team/) Wilford and Barbara Jones Wilford and Barbara welcomed Greg for a visit on

Sunday, March 31 and Monday, April 1. On Sunday they Whenever family members visit Wilford and Barbara at attended church at the Littleton Ward, where afterward their Lincoln Meadows apartment in Parker, Colorado, they were greeted by many longtime friends. They then paid a visit to Boyd and Lois Brown, their neighbors and friends on Spotswood Street, who had not been at Church. Andrew Brown made a special effort to join the group for this visit - - Wilford was a home teacher to the Brown family, including their grandson Andrew, for many years, and attended many of Andrew’s basketball games at Heritage High School.

On Sunday afternoon Greg shared many pictures and stories from the Friday, April 29 wedding day of Marcus Lund and Heather del Nero. Wilford and Barbara were very happy for Marcus and Heather and were greatly interested in the events of that day.

On Monday, April 1, Wilford, Barbara, and Greg had breakfast at the Original Pancake House, a longstanding tradition for all members of the Wilford and Barbara Scott and Peggy Jones Family. From Scott (there is a caption beneath each picture):

Barbara, Wilford, and Greg at the Pancake House

After breakfast, all went to a movie theater to see “Apollo 11,” a film they had all been looking forward to. Given his career in aerospace, Wilford especially appreciated this movie.

Peggy and I went to the river to watch the new cargo cranes being shipped to the Port of Wilmington--3 miles down the road. 8APR2019

Barbara and Wilford at the 10:45 am showing of “Apollo 11” at the AMC Highlands Ranch 24 This is the view driving into the port--you can see the new Blue cranes.

Peggy and Scott volunteer at Airlie Gardens--this was taken on Volunteer Orientation Day-2APR2019

Our 'Texas' friend came to windsurf at the 'Basin', where the Cape Fear river meets the Atlantic Ocean. 10MAR2019

Greg

Greg is unhappily at risk of setting a personal record for maximum number of days without breaking a sweat in this millennium, as he has not been able to run in any meaningful way since he again injured his troublesome left foot on January 28. This last month he has been attempting to slowly and patiently work toward again experiencing the joys of profusely perspiring.

In an effort to in some small measure emulate the tremendous book reading habits of Scott (who, for example, has read all 24 of author Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels), on April 2 Greg finished “Killing Floor,”

the first Jack Reacher novel, but struggled to follow Scott is OLD! As seen at friend's house in Cary. Scott’s admonition to enjoy the books by not 31MAR2019 overthinking them, by not overly scrutinizing the plot and the Jack Reacher character for plausibility and consistency.

Greg greatly enjoyed his with his parents on March 31 and April 1 in Parker, Colorado. in accompanying darksome photo. Douglas continues to enjoy his work recruiting new language interpreters for Language Line Solutions. Dana continues her outstanding work as Senior Financial Analyst at Core Health and Fitness. The recently had her attending a special seminar for them down in San Francisco. Fraulein Schmidt continues to manage the household, in her fashion. Please see a smattering of photos with

(from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/mediaviewer/rm349581056) captions below.

All love,

Douglas and Dana

Greg, Wilford, and Barbara in Apollo command module seating configuration before viewing “Apollo 11.”

On Monday, April 8, Greg attended the annual conference of the LDS International Society. At lunch Greg was partly responsible for setting off an international incident when a man from Uganda stole his seat (or, alternatively, the man failed to recognize the international seat-saving protocol of someone leaving their napkin on their chair). After the dust settled, during lunch Greg found himself seated with a man from the Democratic Republic of Congo to his -Above we see Dana blowing out 1 candle (!) as we immediate left, and the man from Uganda on his celebrated her recent March 13th birthday. immediate right, and had very nice and interesting conversations with both. It turns out the “seat stealer” was a panelist at the conference and is currently serving as a stake president in Virginia - - after having had the opportunity to converse with him, were Greg a member of his stake, Greg would enthusiastically sustain him notwithstanding the seat stealing.

Doug and Dana

From Doug: -Fraulein Schmidt in new digs. Hope this finds you all well! Douglas, Dana, and Fraulein Schmidt have been doing well. Have recently move into new apartment - we are absolutely loving the increased space and 3rd floor view, though not shown too clearly

Jennifer and Scott

In March Scott and Jennifer traveled to Italy for the dedication of the Rome Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They visited other cities in Italy, and also went to Vienna, Austria.

-Dana and Douglas in new digs. (excess cords still in need of wrangling)

-Today we made 15 mile trip up north on lovely country Scott and Jennifer at Rome Temple road to do our grocery shopping in highly rural

Scappoose. We have stores just a couple of blocks away, but sometimes the trip up north feels like a mini- vacation. We have yet to take the turn-off to go and investigate Germantown!

King Husein, President Dallin H. Oaks, Sister Kristen Oaks, Scott, and Jennifer

-50-foot "Peace Candle of the World" in Scappoose - what's not to love?! In the picture below, Scott and Jennifer stand outside Immediately after, they enjoyed a honeymoon in Park the Salt Lake City Temple as photos are taken after the City where they were able to ski at Deer Valley. wedding of Heather and Marcus.

Jennifer’s caption for this photo is: “Happy parents just looking on.”

Victoria

Editor’s Note: Victoria had technical problems sending her contribution, but we look forward to hearing from her next month.

Marcus and Heather

From Marcus:

On March 29th, Heather and Marcus got married! They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple, surrounded by family and close friends. They had a delicious luncheon at Tucanos where the guests received a personal box of chocolates. Yum! Following this, they had a reception in Provo, complete with food, traditions, and dancing.

Christian William

The night before the wedding of Heather and Marcus, in BYU’s Tanner Building Christian gave the Lund family an engineering lecture while all enjoyed CHIP cookies.

Heather, William, Christian, and Marcus driving to the Scott, Victoria, Marcus, Christian, William, and Benjamin MTC

William

In February William received his call and is assigned to serve the Maryland Baltimore Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. William spoke in his Monterey Ward’s sacrament meeting on March 24, and entered the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, April 3.

Heather, Marcus, William, and Christian at the Provo Temple (just east of the MTC)

William with fellow missionary at the MTC.

Benjamin is currently playing on the school’s lacrosse team.

William with fellow missionaries at the MTC. William’s companion is Elder Fagenello, to his left.

Benjamin

At Carmel High School, Benjamin was recently named one of Valedictorian’s (no grade lower than an A, all four years). Ben at Mormon Prom Night with his friend Sarah.

Saturday, April 13.

2. The James Garner character helps a blind prisoner try to escape. I said one reason he was a great character was that he was willing to help the blind prisoner. William quickly clarified – – the character wanted to help the blind prisoner.

3. Several times while watching the film William would identify the weapons being used by various characters. “That’s an mp40.” “That’s a such-and-such, that’s a nice weapon.” I was amazed at his knowledge, asked how he knew these things, to which he replied “I read books.” The following day he revealed the secret – – he plays the computer game “Call of Duty,” and his knowledge of the weapons comes from that game. Sarah, Ben, and other friends going to Mormon Prom Night. Saturday, April 13. Family History Story of the Month [to Table of Contents]

Editor’s Note: Since William Lund began his missionary service on April 3, this month’s family history story is about William. In August 20011 William came to Utah to participate in the Scout camp that took place at Camp Hunt when Greg was serving as scoutmaster for his Provo Grandview 9th Ward. Camp Hunt is located on the shores of Bear Lake in northern Utah. On Saturday, August 13, 2011, the troop broke camp and returned to Provo. A couple of weeks later Greg wrote this account of his experience with William that Saturday evening. Greg Jones (in dark blue hoodie) and William Lund (at “Watching `The Great Escape’ with William Lund” by lower right of photo), Troop 797, Camp Hunt, Bear Lake, Greg Jones Utah (August 12, 2011)

On the evening of August 13, after we finished watching “You Again,” I had my nephew William look through my collection of DVD’s to see if there was anything he would like to see. He methodically sorted through the box, separating the films into categories. He sat aside “The Great Escape” as a possibility, and I advised him that some regard it as one of the best movies ever made. He did some more sorting, and eventually chose this film. Except for a brief period toward the end of the film, when he struggled to stay awake (it was late, and it had been a long week at Scout camp), he was riveted to the film. Here are some of [his] observations:

1. He told me who his three favorite characters were – – the characters played by Charles Bronson, James Garner, and Steve McQueen. From the Wilford and Barbara Jones are depleting and we are laying off people quite rapidly.” Archives [to Table of Contents] July 1, 1974 (from Littleton, CO, while Greg has been scanning documents and photo from the records of his parents. Below are some passages from working at Martin Marietta) letters from Wilford Jones to his parents, John and LaRue Jones, between 1962 and 1974, as well some “I have been doing additional work in our basement: photos from those times. Barbara’s insulated fruit storage room and of course trying to finish Greg’s bedroom. I’ve still got a 4 foot stack of dry wall to put on the walls and ceilings. The April 4, 1962 (from Riverside, CA, while in family attended a very nice Broadway show called `No, United States Air Force) No, Nanette’ the other evening at Loretto Heights College. Jennifer really enjoyed to watch the tap dance “I’m flying tonite out to Denver and La Junta Colorado. numbers and the whole family really enjoyed it. Both We just pass over the south part of Utah at Hanksville, Scott and Greg are working at the Stonescape Utah.” restaurant now . . . We were thinking of coming on vacation to Utah on the 4th of July weekend, but we April 30, 1962 (from Riverside, CA, while in have decided that we will use the weekend to try to finish work around the house. In September we will be United States Air Force) starting to build another Church and then I won’t have

time to work at home. Hopefully we will be able to visit “On the 3rd . . . we will have a flight in the B-47 up to you in Cache Valley at the end of August before the new Okinawa and back. The other day we flew a low level school year begins.” mission up to Saipan and back to . We flew at 500 mph right over an ocean freighter ship. I bet they wondered what the noise was as we were only about 300 feet above the ship.”

May 7, 1968 (from Littleton, CO, while working at Martin Marietta)

“We certainly enjoyed your visit with us and hope you will be able to some and see us again soon . . . I hope Dad will be able to work back at Cache again soon. I’m sure that working at Salt Lake gets pretty tiresome. How is Woolworth’s doing these days, Mom? . . . How are David, Wilford, LaRue, Greg, Scott, and John Jones. John the Mercury’s running these days, Dad? That ’66 is sure and LaRue Jones resident, Newton, Utah. 1961. a nice car. Our Buick is running just fine - - we surely enjoy it.”

January 12, 1974 (from Littleton, CO, while working at Martin Marietta)

“I am still working at Launch Vehicle Application areas at Martin Marietta attempting to derive new missiles which are attractive to the Air Force Systems Command and to the generals in the Pentagon. We certainly need new business very badly these days since our contracts

Wilford Jones, March Air Force Base, California, where he served from September 1960 through April 1963.

Jennifer Jones in her Euclid Junior High School cheerleading uniform. 6831 S. Spotswood St., Littleton, Co. August 1983.

Extended Family Happenings [to Table of Contents]

Editor’s Note: As a young woman, from her junior high school years through her early twenties, the then Barbara Andersen loved to baby sit her nephews and nieces. She referred to these nephews and nieces as “my kids.” Among them were Clare Zeno and Kay, sons Scott, Greg, Doug, Barbara, Jennifer, and Wilford Jones. of her oldest brother Zeno and his wife Mell Ree, as well 6831 S. Spotswood St., Littleton, CO. 1970. as Sherry Woodbury, daughter of Barbara’s sister Lora and her husband La Varr (Woody) Woodbury. From the Archives of Greg Jones Clare Zeno and MarDel Andersen Family: [to Table of Contents] Upcoming Wedding of Their Son, Terrell In scanning some of his personal slides recently, Greg Andersen came upon this picture of Jennifer, which was probably taken during his August 1983 visit to Littleton after Clare and Mardell’s son, Terrell, is engaged to Rae Ann summer term at BYU. Madsen. They will be married on Saturday, April 20, 2019 in the Draper Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

tap dance technique & is co-advisor for the Orchesis Modern Dance Club. He has choreographed for the Utah Shakespearean Festival and continues to teach and choreograph both domestically and internationally.

Kay Andersen: Upcoming Retirement from Southern Utah University (SUU)

At SUU Kay Andersen is Professor of Dance and is also Department Chair of the Department of Theater Arts & Dance in the College of Performing & Visual Arts. He has won awards for his work at SUU, and is a favorite of (Kay Andersen, from “After over 2 decades teaching at students. SUU, Kay Andersen taps into retirement with ’42nd Street,’” St George News, April 10, 2019) According to an April 10, 2019 article in the St George News (“After over 2 decades teaching at SUU, Kay Stan and Sherry Woodbury Pollock Family: Andersen taps into retirement with ’42nd Street’”), Kay will retire after SUU’s upcoming commencement. The Shawn Pollock’s Book article describes Kay’s accomplishments and includes comments in which a colleague and a former student If you’re looking for a book to read, you may want to praise him. His colleague Shauna Mendini says: “Over consider The Road to Freedom by Shawn Pollock. 20 years ago, professor Kay Andersen was interviewed Shawn is Stan and Sherry’s son. for a position at SUU from where he stood in a phone booth on the streets of New York City . . . He is Here is the description of the book found on respected, appreciated and loved by students, faculty amazon.com: “World War II is ending, but for Captain and staff. Kay will be deeply missed.” Meier, the fight for his life has only begun. Stranded behind enemy lines and tormented by his past, his only In April 2017 SUU posted a nice “Faculty Spotlight” ally is a young private who practices a strange American about Kay. Here is Kay’s professional biography from religion. As they travel through treacherous Germany, the SUU website: the two quickly realize they will have to trust in a merciful God to have any chance of escaping a deadly Professor Andersen received his Master of Arts degree fate.” at New York University. He resided in NYC for 14 years. From 1986-1997 he was a soloist with the Nikolais & Murray Louis Dance Co. With the company he performed worldwide, participated in the creation of important roles, has taught at the studio in NYC and presented workshops throughout the world. With the department at SUU he choreographs, teaches improvisation, composition, modern dance technique,

2016 in room 2001 of the Jesse Knight Building on BYU’s campus, the office of the president of Christian’s BYU Other News of Interest [to Table of Contents] stake, with Scott Lund participating by phone from

California. The stake president, James Rasband, was a Frank Okoren busy man - - at the time President Rasband would have In the Littleton Ward sacrament meeting on March 31, been acting in one of the several administrative it was announced that on April 14 Bishop Frank Okoren positions he has held at BYU, among them dean of the J. would be replaced with a new bishop. Bishop Okoren Reuben Clark Law School. The appointment began at has been a good friend to the Wilford and Barbara 8:45 pm, surely the end of a long day for President Jones family. Rasband. Greg was impressed with how much time President Rasband spent with Christian and the Lund family, how attentive he was, and how during that time Spike 150 - - Utah’s Celebration of the it seemed he had no care, interest, or responsibility Completion of the Transcontinental other than Christian. At the recently completed April Railroad 2019 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, James Rasband was sustained as a “Spike 150 is Utah's celebration of the 150-year Seventy. In April 2017 he had been anniversary of the Golden Spike. Through a year-long set apart as an Area Authority Seventy. series of events throughout Utah and the nation, we hope to unify, educate, inspire, and leave a legacy.”

Railroads are part of the legacy of the Wilford and Barbara Jones family.

“In the fall of 1868 [Wilford’s great grandfather Thomas Wright] worked for W. W. Riter in Weber Canyon near Devil’s Slide on the railroad that was being built. Here they shoveled the snow off the ground, pitched their tents, and they made their beds on the frozen ground where [Thomas’] wife caught cold in her back, from which she suffered all her life.” (“They Came from England,” Norma Jean Wright Trietsch, p. 87)

“In 1936 [Wilford’s father] John started to work on the (from Union Pacific Rail Road. He worked on the Bridge and https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/elder- Building department for 39 years the last 19 as james-r-rasband) foreman.” (Biographical Sketch by Marlene Jones Wiser) Grant E. Marsh For a time Wilford worked on the railroad with his father, including one summer in which they took room The week of March 24 Greg visited longtime family and board in Salt Lake City. Wilford’s brother David also friend Bob Chipman in a rehab center in Orem, Utah (he worked with his father on the railroad. has congestive heart failure). Brother Chipman’s James Rasband daughter Kathy was there every morning from about 8 am to 10 am. During a conversation with his daughter

Kathy, Greg learned that she was surprised when one of Greg had the opportunity to accompany Jennifer, her daughters was married in the St. George Temple - - Christian, and Marcus Lund when Christian was set when the sealer walked into the room, it was Grant E. apart the night before he entered the Provo Missionary Marsh, who she knew from his having served as a Training Center. This took place on Tuesday, January 5, Church leader in Littleton, Colorado. Wilford and Barbara served with Brother Marsh from the late 1960s (in the Littleton 2nd Ward bishopric) through the time he was president of the Denver Temple (2001 – 2002 and 2004 – 2006)

Linda Buehner and Grant Elggren Marsh in 2001 (from https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2001- 09-29/new-temple-presidents-20439) Special Supplement for Wedding Photos of Heather del Nero & Marcus Lund [to Table of Contents]