Jones 50th

JONES 50th

Gary and Christy Jones celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 25, 2017, in Vancouver, Wash.

The pair spent most of their lives in Minnesota. Gary A. Jones graduated Braham High School and Christy F. Ubl graduated Hinckley High School; both were in the class of 1964.

Gary met Christy at a friend's house in Minneapolis, and they were married Thanksgiving weekend 1967. They honeymooned in northern Minnesota.

They had twins, Scott and Lisa, in November 1968, followed by another baby, Don, in February 1970. Gary worked for 25 years as an electrician in the iron ore mines near Nashwauk and Keewatin as well as recording secretary for the local steelworkers union. Christy also worked at various secretarial jobs in the area of Hibbing. Their children attended and graduated from Nashwauk-Keewatin High School.

After retiring from mining, Gary studied at Bemidji State University and worked in various jobs, including counseling and semitruck driving. They attended and were members of the Blackberry Church near Grand Rapids, Mich., for many years. Both of their sons graduated with engineering degrees from Walla Walla College, and their daughter graduated with a teaching degree from University of Minnesota, Duluth.

In 2013, Gary and Christy moved to Vancouver, Wash., to live near their daughter.

The Jones family includes Scott Jones of Grand Coulee, Wash.; Don and Clarice (Davidson) Jones of Colville, Wash.; Lisa and John Jokela of Vancouver, Wash.; and 11 grandchildren.