JONES, Donald Edward

Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, Arizona Published Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Donald Edward Jones July 26, 1951 - April 24, 2010 Don tragically passed away from this earth April 24, when falling and striking his head in his store in Lake Havasu City. Born in Santa Barbara, Calif., July 26, 1951, to Philip G. Jones, and Elvyra Edna Beck, Don was a Boy Scout as a child and had toured Europe. He Graduated from San Marcos High in 1970 and went on to attend several schools of higher learning including City College, Christ College,and Cal State Irvine, all in California. Don owned several businesses, the True Bee and Clean Machine, in the 1970s and 1980s. In the late 1980s, he moved to Lancaster, Calif., where he owned and operated 10th and I Towing. In the 1990s, he moved to Arizona and commuted to Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nev., working as a cashier in the casinos. Later, he tried his hand at air conditioning repair. Several years ago, he purchased the discount computer store where he sold and repaired computers in Lake Havasu City. Don was a generous man believing always in the good of people, many times to a fault. He has always loved cars and had acquired more than 50 vehicles at the time of his death. He loved the heat of the desert; living in Lake Havasu City was the perfect place for him where he enjoyed fishing, water skiing, boating and jet skiing. He leaves two sisters, Marcia Edgar, of Pine Valley, Calif., and Dorothy Oksner, of Carpinteria, Calif.; and many nephews and nieces. An older sister, Phyllis Hirschberg, of Ojai, Calif., died in February 2008. A memorial service for friends and family will be at his gravesite in the Goleta Cemetery at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 1.