E. Crawford Jones Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for E. Crawford Jones of Moses Lake, WA will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 10th at the LDS Stake Centerat1515 S. Division St. Visitation will be an hour before the Funeral Service 1:00-1:45 p.m. and Thursday evening at Kayser’s Chapel 5-7 p.m. Crawford passed away at his home Saturday, June 4th at the age of 85. He was born August 17, 1930 at Provo, Utah, the son of Arthur Theone and Minnie (Crawford) Jones. He grew up in Baggs, WY; Linden, UT and Thomas, ID. He graduated from Thomas High School, 1948, attended BYU-Provo, Ricks College and Harvard University. He served an LDS Mission in the Northwestern States Mission 1950-1952. The time on his mission gave him his first look at the Columbia Basin. He was very impressed and wanted to come back and settle here. Crawford married Judith Clayton in the Idaho Falls Temple, 1952. He served in the US Army Signal Corps as a Field Radio Repairman 1952-1954. After graduating from the University of Idaho with Bachelor and Masters Degrees, he worked in the potato industry for several years which brought him to Moses Lake. He began farminghere in 1972 which fulfilled his lifelongdream of owning his own farm in the Columbia Basin. Crawford was active in the LDS Church serving in various positions including the Boy Scout program, Bishop, Stake President and as a Temple Sealer in the Seattle and Columbia River temples. He and his wife, Judy, served as a missionary couple. They opened up a new area of the Papua New Guinea Mission by serving in the Solomon Islands. Not long after they returned home, Crawford was called to serve as the Manager of Nauvoo Restoration, while Judy worked in the Land and Records Office. Crawford is survived by his sister, Pat (Jack) Moyle, of Enterprise, Utah; a brother, Vincent (Lore) Jones of Arcadia, Florida; his seven children: Martha (Gary) Hills; Stephen (Diane) Jones; Daniel (Dee) Jones; Lorraine (Leon) Baker; Sarah (Scott) Bedke; Ruth (David) Cammack; Rachel (Gordon) Rencher; 27 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Judy and his brother Donald Jones.

E. Crawford Jones

August 17, 1930 - June 4, 2016