Stanley Urcel Jones

Stanley Urcel Jones, a.k.a. “Pop”, age 71, passed away peacefully at home in Ferndale, Washington surrounded by, and enveloped in, the love of his close-knit family. Stan grew up on his family’s farm in Ferndale, and played high school football for the Golden Eagles, graduating in 1968. He joined the United States Navy in 1970 and received a Medical Discharge in May 1972 following a debilitating injury. After his naval service, he married a young nurse from Dryden, WA, Naomi Knight, on June 10, 1972, and they were blessed with three children: Quin (1977), Carmen (1983), and Kiefer (1989). Stan was a member and life-long supporter of the Disabled American Veterans. He earned his AA degree in HVAC from Bellingham Technical College in 1982, and worked for Intalco Aluminum, NW Podiatric Lab, Lehmann’s Appliance and West Mechanical. Stan also owned and operated Mountain View Refrigeration, from which he retired in 2001. Family was everything to Stan, and he rarely missed any event involving his children, including T-ball, soccer, volleyball, concerts, parades, school carnivals and plays. He loved hunting, camping, fishing, boating, beach-combing (always finding the biggest and best agates), gold panning, target shooting, geology, exploring old logging roads with his kids, and 4-wheeling in the hills and the Washington and Oregon sand dunes (he rescued many poor ATV renters stuck in the Florence dunes). He was always there to help those in need! Stan and Naomi loved visiting the West Coast lighthouses and explored the 10 western states on several road trips. Pop dreamed of visiting the Saguaro cacti and accomplished his mission in Summer 2015. The family also enjoyed many annual camping trips together and river float trips in the summer with their extended family. They never had fancy vacations, but they sure had fun and made many great memories together throughout their adventures! His craftiness and love for the great outdoors will live on through his children and grandchildren forever. Pop was such a generous and loving man! He was always “taking in” the kids’ friends and treated them like his own children, as he did his son and daughters-in-law. Stanley Urcel Jones was a beloved son, brother, uncle, husband, father, and grandfather who will be sorely missed by all of his loving family. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Urcel and Erma Jones and by sisters, Beverly (Jones) Heinzl and Shirley Jones. He is survived by his devoted and loving wife and soul-mate Naomi (Knight) Jones, and by his children Quin (Shauna Jones), Carmen (Galen Cobbs), and Kiefer (Jeannie Jones), and by his grandchildren, Burton (Quin and Shauna), Mia (Kiefer and Jeannie), and Eastan (Carmen and Galen). Kiefer and Jeannie are expecting another addition to the Jones family in October 2021 and have decided to name the baby Hunter Stanley Jones. What an honor for a life-long hunter like Stan! Pop will be watching over that birth, just as he witnessed the miracles of his own kids’ births. He is also survived by numerous sisters & brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, and cousins. We will always remember his gentleness, his quick, easy smile, his humor, and his “happy-go-lucky” attitude. Stan saw the beauty in the world around him and knew it was the work of a “Higher Being”. His belief in Miracles was reaffirmed whenever he saw a shooting star, a beautiful sunset, witnessed the birth of his children, or welcomed a new grandchild to the world. Pop is no longer in pain, and we are all comforted by knowing he rests in Heaven, safe in the arms of Angels. Forever Missed, Never Forgotten! A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 2 PM at Cannery Lodge on the Semiahmoo Spit in Blaine, WA. Please come! As Pop would say, “the more, the merrier!” In lieu of flowers, Stan would be deeply honored if any donations were made to the Disabled American Veterans in his name. Donations may be made at www.dav.org. Thank you for honoring our beloved Pop!

Stanley Urcel Jones

January 14, 1950 - August 28, 2021