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Arden Kennedy Jones, a lifelong Atherton resident until 1999, died Feb. 14 in Novato. He was 57.
Jones, son of Ardath and architect Kingsford Jones, grew up in Atherton and spent summers in Nova Scotia with his family. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, and became a Stegner Fellow in poetry at the university.
In 1965, he married his high school sweetheart, Sally Sjostrom. The couple raised their four children in Atherton. Although he worked for a time as business manager in his father’s Menlo Park office, raising his children became the primary focus of Jones’ life, his family says.
For more than 10 years, he was active in the Las Lomitas PTA, coaching soccer and volunteering in his children’s classrooms.
He was an advocate for the environment as a founder of Ecology Action, and worked as a consultant for San Mateo County’s Commission on Aging and other nonprofit social service organizations.
“Arden Jones had an infectious love of nature, especially remote environments and small creatures. His was a life spent relishing the beauty of the natural world and sharing his understanding of this world through his poetry and through conversation with those who had the great fortune to know him,” says his family.
He is survived by his children, Kirsten Jones of Novato; Megan Jones of Oakland; Kingsford Jones of Palo Alto; and Justin Jones of Ohio; his former wife, Sally Sjostrom Jones of Palo Alto; brothers Douglas and Bevan Jones of Menlo Park; and two granddaughters.
A memorial service will be held in March. Memorials may be made in Jones’ name to The Greenbelt Alliance, 530 Bush St., Suite 303, San Francisco 94108.
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1943 - 2001 (57 years)
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