A celebration of the life of Victor D. Jones Sr. will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi community house, 200 Katlian Street.
Following the service and refreshments, a potluck barbeque will be held at Pioneer Park, in the 1800 block of Halibut Point Road.
Victor, of Juneau, died November 5, 2024, in Anchorage. He was 59.
He was born February 20, 1965, in Detroit, Michigan, the third of five children born to Roslyn Jones and Harvey D. Jones II. He and his siblings, Jewelia, Harvey, Bonnie and Kathy, grew up attending Miller Memorial Church of God in Christ, Pentecostal.
In 1983, Victor came to Sitka from Detroit to attend Sheldon Jackson College. There he met then married Marie Gordon.
Victor worked in the fishing industry in Sitka, then eventually moved to Juneau. While attending school for asbestos he worked at the Juneau sawmill, Juneau Lift Ride, and then at Bartlett Hospital as a security enforcement officer, until his passing.
Victor was preceded in death by his wife, Marie Gordon, and a daughter, Kasondra Jones.
He is survived by son Victor D. Jones Jr. and daughters Dorothy Gordon and Marcia Gordon Cook.
The Jones family expressed thanks to "everyone, friends and family, for all your thoughts and prayers."
