The Very Reverend Jerry S. Jones, Hays, passed away peacefully in his home on Friday evening, January 24, 2025 in the presence of his beloved wife, Susan. He was in the 85th year of life and the 60th year of the priesthood.
Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, Jerry Steven Jones heard the call of the priesthood early. He attended Seabury Western Seminary immediately after graduating from Dana College, and he would live his entire life in service to God and the Episcopal Church.
Father Jerry served churches in five Dioceses under 14 Bishops in Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, and Texas. In the Diocese of Western Kansas, he was Rector of St. Michael’s, Hays, St. Andrew’s, Hays and St. Elizabeth’s, Russell, and then Dean of Christ Cathedral, Canon to the Ordinary and Prebendary of the Cathedral.
Father Jerry did nothing by half measures. He was fiercely committed to the Gospel, passionately in love with his wife, crazy about his golden retrievers, salty on the golf course, and enthusiastically appreciated a single malt scotch and a good cigar. Father Jerry Jones knew who he was and whose he was. He returns to Jesus as an old and familiar friend.
Survivors include his wife Susan, his son Mark, his daughter Sarah (Jones Pinkerton), her husband Michael, two grandchildren Adam and Meghan, and his brother-in-law Jeff Brown.
He was preceded in death by his parents Beecher and Margaret Jones and his sister Barbara.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at Christ Cathedral in Salina. Memorials are suggested to The Endowment of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas - www.diowks.org, Feeding Hays, Welcome Table, or to Christ Cathedral Salina – christcathedralsalina.org. Services are in the care of Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home and condolences and memories of Father Jerry may be shared with his family at www.haysmemorial.com