Christopher Nelson Jones Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Christopher Nelson Jones, 49 passed away at his home in Saline, Michigan on September 2, 2015. Chris was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He graduated from Saline Area Schools Class of 1984 where he played football and made life long friends. He attended several years of college both at Ferris State University and Oakland University majoring in Business Administration. He was self-employed working as a part time commodities trader. Chris was a very private person, but had many interests in his life. He enjoyed learning and always had something interesting to add to any conversation. He had an especially compassionate heart for all animals and was a dedicated recycler. Chris’s other interests included learning about aeronautics, local geography/cartography, politics and science in general. Chris’s enthusiasm for learning was infectious. Chris is survived by his mother Cecelia Jane (Jones) Jones of Saline and his father and stepmother, Thomas Nelson Jones and Linda Jones of Pinckney, MI, his sister and her partner, Ellen (Jones) Bernard and John Codere of Ann Arbor and his two beloved nephews James Paul Henri Bernard, 19 years old, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin and Matthew Jones Bernard,16 years old and a junior at Huron High School in Ann Arbor. Chris is preceded in death by his maternal grandfather and grandmother, Paul Norman and Jane Louise (Berg) Jones of Jamestown, New York and paternal grandfather and grandmother Sperling Dee ‘Casey’ and Myra Ellen (Nelson) Jones of Ann Arbor, MI. Chris was a beloved son, brother, uncle and friend. He loved his Ann Arbor and Illinois Families. In recent years he was a devoted caregiver to his mother. Chris will be cremated and memorialized later this fall. Donations in his honor can be made to the Humane Society of Huron Valley, 3100 Cherry Hill Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 or the American Heart Association 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60604-1242. To sign Christopher’s guestbook, to leave a memory, or for more information please visit www.rbfhsaline.com.

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Christopher Nelson Jones

October 3, 1965 - September 2, 2015