10/22/2025
Our deepest sympathies are with the Jones family as it was our privilege to have been able to provide comfort care for Phil - a proud Veteran of the U.S. Navy and family man- in his time of need. We are humbled by the kind words and memorial gift designation request in lieu of flowers, in his obituary.
🙏🏻🇺🇸Phillip Charles Jones, 79, of Mountain Top, passed away peacefully Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, at Allied Hospice with family by his side.
Phil was born in Kingston on July 25, 1946. The son of the late Russell P. and Susan Lane Jones, he was a 1963 graduate of Kingston High School and went on to graduate from Penn State University. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, serving from 1967 to 1971, and was stationed on the aircraft carrier, USS Lexington out of Pensacola, Fla. He was employed by Eberhard Faber, Foster Wheeler, Diamond Manufacturer and retired from Wyman Gordon (formerly King Fifth Wheel) as a cost estimator.
Phil was preceded in death by his loving brother Russell, beloved sister Brenda Shone, nieces Rhonda Hilling and Alexis Downie, and nephew David Hartmann.
Surviving is his wife of 57 years, JoAnn Hartmann Jones; son, Phillip C Jones Jr., of Honesdale; daughters, Melissa Schwartz (Jesse) and Amy Bluhm, of Mountain Top; four grandchildren, Kaeleb, Haylei and Anna Jean Jones, of Honesdale, and Cameron Schwartz, of Mountain Top; one great-grandson, Oliver Wyatt, of Honesdale; sister, Patricia Hilling (Nelson), of Maryland; brother, Richard Jones, of Florida; goddaughter, Brennah Hartmann, of Connecticut; numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
He was a life member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Ezra S. Griffin, Camp 8, Scranton.
Phillip liked playing cards and board games, fishing, gardening and attending activities and performances his children and grandchildren were involved in. He enjoyed fishing trips to Canada, camping at Promised Land, and trips to Long Beach Island and Walt Disney World with his family. Holidays were a special event when his children and grandchildren visited. Phil especially loved the festive foods and the cookies.
The family would especially like to thank the nurses and staff of the Allied Hospice Wilkes-Barre, the staff at Allied Services Skilled Nursing Facility, Geisinger ICU staff and Dr. James Brady and nurse Aimee Austin at the Henry Cancer Center. The care you gave our husband and father is sincerely appreciated.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday from McCune Funeral Home, Mountain Top. Friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will be at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Mountain Top Food Bank at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 316 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top, PA 18707; or Allied Services Hospice c/o Allied Services Foundation 100 Abington Executive Park, Clarks Summit, PA 18411.
