John Hallberg Jones and Lorraine "Lane" Yatckoske Jones were lifetime residents of Minnesota, having attended high school together. They had two sons and seven grandchildren.
Mr. Jones attended the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis. After a thirty-seven-year career in the paper industry, Mr. Jones retired a Partner in Unisource Worldwide Inc. in 2000.
Memberships
National Gavel Society, Honorary President
General Society of Colonial Wars, former Gentleman of the Council of the Wisconsin Society
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry, Honorary President General
National Society of Sons of American Colonists, Founder; Honorary Governor General
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Honorary Governor General; Minnesota Branch Founding Governor
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, former Vice President General; 1985 Minuteman Award Recipient; former President of the Minnesota Society; former Secretary-Treasurer of the Minnesota Society, serving for nearly fifty years
Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192, Auditor General; former Treasurer General
Order of Indian Wars of the United States, Honorary Commander
Continental Society Sons of Indian Wars, Honorary Governor General
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America, former Treasurer General; former Councilor General
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty, former Advisory Council Member; Founder Member
National Society Americans of Royal Descent, former Archivist; Member of the Most Venerable Order of Saint Louis
Order of the Crown in America
National Guild of St. Margaret, former Second Vice President General
Baronial Order of Magna Charta, former Surety
Military Order of the Crusades, former Surety
Colonial Order of the Acorn
Colonial Society of Pennsylvania
Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion
General Society Sons of the Revolution, former President of Minnesota Society
Military Society of the War of 1812, former member
Order of Scions of Colonial Cavaliers 1640-1660
Society of the Friends of St. George's & Descendants of the Knights of the Garter, Life Descendant Member
Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Wisconsin Society former Councilor General
Jamestowne Society
Veteran Corps of Artillery State of New York, former member
Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy
National Huguenot Society, Minnesota Society former President
General Society of the War of 1812, former Vice President General for Minnesota of the General Society; former President of the Minnesota Society
National Society Sons of Colonial New England, former Treasurer General
General Society of Mayflower Descendants, former Member of Board of Assistants of the Minnesota Society
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists & Patriots American Revolution, former Chaplain General
National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial & Antebellum Bench & Bar 1565-1861
Order of Lafayette
Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States
Military Order of the World Wars, Founding Adjutant of Fort Snelling Chapter; former Commander, former Chaplain
Presidential Families of America, Regent for Minnesota
National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
Flagon & Trencher: Descendants of Colonial Tavern Keepers
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Military Order of the Stars and Bars
National Order of the Blue and Gray, former Treasurer General
Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, First Chaplain General
Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of America, Charter Member; former Chaplain
First Families of Massachusetts
Order of the First Families of Maine
Descendants of the Knights of the Bath
Order of the First World War
Order of the Second World War
Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783
Order of the First Families of New Hampshire, Founder member, Founding Chaplain General; former Director General
Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America, Founding Chaplain General; former Deputy General
National Society of Saints and Sinners, Founding Member, Founding Chaplain
Registry of Famous and Infamous Relatives in American Families (9/9 Categories)
Hereditary Society of Teachers, Founder Member
Son of a Witch
Order of Descendants of Justiciars, Founding Member; former Councilor
Society of the Descendants of Lady Godiva, Founding Member
Order of the Norman Conquest, Founding Member
Order of Alba
Pilgrim William White Society
Order of the Monarchs of Rheims
Order of Descendants of El Cid
Order of the Descendants of Native Americans and Friends
National Society Descendants of American Railroad Workers
Order of the Kings and Queens of the Holy Land
Legion of Vikings and Valkyries
Founders Fellowship
Descendants of the IX
Descendants of the Templar Knights
Descendants of Fossors
Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands
Descendants of Early Postmasters
Descendants of American Farmers
Order of Cloak and Dagger
The Order of American Cousins of the Present and Future Sovereigns of Great Britain
Chivalric Orders
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Officer Companion)
Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem(Grand Cross, Founder, Prior I, and currently Treasurer of the Priory of Our Lady of Sorrows of the West; former Grand Secretary of the Grand Priory of the USA)
Knight of Grace of the Military and Hospitaller Orderof Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem
Ordo Sancti Constantini Magni (Grand Officier; former member of the Council of Archons of the government of the Order; former Administrative Officer for the Exarchate of the USA)
Other Notes
Mr. Jones was active in numerous fraternal orders. He was involved in various political and community activities over the years, including management of state Senatorial campaigns and PTA leadership. He was a Kentucky Colonel; an Honorary Chief of the Minneapolis Fire Department; a LT COL Aide de Camp of the Alabama State Militia; and an Arkansas Traveler. Mr. Jones was also an accomplished magician, an avid ornithologist, pianist, and traveler, having logged over one million airline miles. In 1996, he returned to travel exclusively by train, his lifelong favorite method of travel. Lane and John were strong adherents of the Seventh Day Adventist faith.