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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
JONES, Percy Joseph Patrick - Age 88, passed away on Wednesday February 5, 2020 in the Royal Columbia Hospital in New Westminster, B.C., following a heart attack. He was predeceased by his wife, Patricia (McNabb); his brother, Elmer and his parents, Patrick and Eva (Mallet). He leaves behind his brother, Marvin and sisters and brothers-in-law, Cheryl and Syd Bowman, Phyllis and Gerry Norman, and Mona and Lester Woodworth; his daughter, Faith St. John and son-in-law, Allen St. John; his son, Vernon Jones and daughter-in-law, Karen Bazylewski; his grandchildren, Adam and Kathryn St. John, Matthew and Tania St. John, Emma St. John, Erin, Kate and Brittany Puckey; and great-grandchildren, Alyssa, Vanessa, Kiara and Preston St. John, Rhys and Mason Gallacher, and Milo Thomson. Percy grew up in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. At 19 he joined the Navy and served for five years. From there he joined the Department of National Defence where he worked as a civilian radio operator at C.F.B. Leitram. During the Cold War his job was to intercept morse code messages going to and coming from Cuba. Before retiring from the Public Service in 1986 he also worked for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Commu nications Security Establishment. An open house celebration of Percy's life was held in Kearney Columbia-Bowell Funeral Home in New Westminster on Thursday, February 20th. Interment will be held in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, in the Spring of 2020 -- date to be announced. Percy loved baseball, and he spent many happy years coaching Little League in Overbrook (Ottawa). With that in mind, we ask that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Canadian Tire's Jumpstart program, which provides financial support to kids in need so that they can participate in organized sports. Donations can be directed specifically to the Overbrook Chapter by writing that into the comment section online, or in the memo section of a cheque. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald 22 Feb 2020)
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For Posterity's Sake 
