April 16, 2002
Steven L. Jones
Steven L. Jones, 50, of Indianapolis and formerly of Seymour, died Saturday, April 13, 2002, at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis.
Mr. Jones was a systems analyst and manager for American States/Safeco Insurance from 1978 to 2001. Prior to that he taught eighth-grade social studies at Westfield/Washington Schools from 1972 to 1978. He was valedictorian of the Seymour High School Class of 1968, and graduated summa cum laude from Butler University in 1972 with a bachelor of science degree. He then earned a masters of science degree from Butler University in 1977. He was a member of the Butler University Honors Program Society as well as the scholastic honorary societies Phi Eta Sigma, Kappa Delta Pi and Phi Alpha Theta. He was a volunteer with Greater Indianapolis Literacy League as well as Meals on Wheels for 12 years. He was a Civil War historian, an avid reader and enjoyed traveling.
He is survived by his wife, Caroline E. Jones, Indianapolis; his mother, Dorothy Marie Jones, Seymour; two stepdaughters, Sally Stephen, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Rachel Stephen, Indianapolis; a brother, Brian Alan Jones, Seymour; a sister, Barbara Leanne Carson, Austin, Texas; and five nieces and nephews, Amanda Leigh Hopping, Jacob Eli Hopping, Erin Leigh Jones, Morgan Rae Jones and Ellyn Elizabeth Jones.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Crown Hill Funeral Home, Indianapolis. Burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Civil War Preservation Trust, 11 Public Square, suite 200, Hagerstown, Md. 21740.