\t\t\tWard Emerson Jones \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Ward Emerson Jones, of South Abington Township, passed away Saturday morning at his home. He is survived by his beloved wife, Ann Marie Doherty Jones, whom he married in 1970.<\/p>\n
\nBorn in Honesdale, he was the son of the late Emerson and Dorothy Ward Jones. Ward was a proud Army veteran and a recipient of the Purple Heart during the Vietnam War. Prior to his retirement, he worked as a machinist for D.G. Nichols and later for Schott Glass. He was also a dedicated member of the Abington VFW Post 7069.<\/p>\n
\nIn addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Michael Jones and his wife Jennifer of Clarks Summit, and James Jones and his wife Carrie of Camp Hill; and his cherished granddaughter, Julia Jones.<\/p>\n
\nA graveside service with military honors will be held on Thursday at 11:00 AM at East Canaan Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects on Wednesday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 418 S. State St., Clarks Summit.<\/p>\n
\nIn lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Humane Society of Lackawanna County and the Gary Sinise Foundation.<\/p>\n
\nWard Emerson Jones<\/p>\n
\nJune 6, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ward Emerson Jones OBITUARY Ward Emerson Jones, of South Abington Township, passed away Saturday morning at his home.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-214991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}