Seymour Daily Tribune
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.