Residence: Monticello, Indiana
Died: Thursday, March 06, 2008
Location: 1:31 p.m., at the White County Memorial Hospital in Monticello, Indiana
 
 
Age: 86
Date of Birth: Thursday, May 19, 1921
Birth place:

Branch: Air Force

Service: Korean Conflict
Father: Robert Paul Jones
 
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Wilson
 
Marital Status: Widowed
Resided in: Monticello, Indiana for several years.
Funeral Date: Monday, March 10, 2008
Funeral Location: 11:00 a.m., at the Our Lady of The Lakes Catholic Church, 543 S. Main Street, Monticello, Indiana 47960
Clergy: Father Gerald J. Borowski of the Our Lady of The Lakes Catholic Church officiating.
Burial will take place:
3:30 p.m., Monday, March 10, 2008, at the Washington Park East Cemetery, Community Life Center, 10612 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46229
Visitation will be:
4:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, March 9, 2008, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Merritt was a 1939 graduate of Indianapolis Arsenal Tech High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He had an illustrious military career, serving over twenty-six (26) years in the United States Air Force. Merritt served in World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Cold War. He had been on many aircraft carriers, and flown on B24, B29, B47, and C124 aircraft. Merritt was on the Battleship Missouri when the Japanese surrendered. He was one of the first Americans in Hiroshima after the atom bomb was dropped. Merritt was the first television salesperson to sell a television in Indiana. Then in 1963, while still serving in the military, he started the Showboat Rivera Complex with his brother and sister-in-law,` Paul and Yvonne Koertge. He was involved in this endeavor until the mid 1980s. He then retired and moved to the Isle of Homes on Lake Shaffer. During his retirement years he spent ten years working for General Telephone (now Verizon) in Lafayette in microwave transmission. Merritt was a member of the OUr Lady of The Lakes Catholic Church in Monticello, Indiana, and also a member of the Reserve Officers Association (ROA). He and his late wife enjoyed spending many years wintering in Florida.
Special Services: Full military rites will be conducted by the Honr Guard of the American Legion, VFW, and AmVets Posts all of Monticello, Indiana,immediately following the funeral mass at the Our Lady of The Lakes Catholic Church in Monticello, Indiana.
Memorial Information: May be given to the CDC Resources of Monticello, Indiana. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On December 29, 1944, in Indianapolis, Indiana, he married Madalynne Joyce Williamson. She died July 3, 1989.
Survivors include:
Sons, Michael R. (wife Ann) Jones of Valparaiso, Indiana, Terrill W. Jones of Raleigh, North Carolina, and Merritt Earl " Mickey" Jones, II., of Valparaiso, Indiana;Grandchildren, Adrian L. Jones, of Stockholm, Sweden, Christina N. Jones, of Greeville, North Carolina, Kyle M. Jones, of Thompsonville, Michigan,Eric D. Jones, of Raleigh, North Carolina,Nathan N. Jones, of Valparaiso, Indiana,Kevin A. Jones, of Raleigh, North Carolina,Brother: William (wife-Nancy) Jones of Kokomo, Indiana
Preceded in Death:
Sister: Margaret Kahl
Arrangements by:
Miller-Roscka Funeral Home