Franklin Webb Jones of Dover passed away Friday, March 12, 2010. He was 67. He was born on August 9, 1942 in Dover, Delaware, son of the late Franklin L. and Martha (Webb) Jones.

Frank graduated from Caesar Rodney High School in 1960 and the University of Delaware in 1965. He worked for 40 years in the banking industry, retiring in 2003 from the Wilmington Trust Company.

Frank was a life long music lover and proudly played the tuba in the CR and UofD marching bands, the 287th Army National Guard band and the Milford Community Band. Frank was also an avid collector of toy trains; member of the Train Collectors Association, Toy Train Operating Society, and the Lionel Collector's Club of America for over 35 years. Frank had been a member and past President of the Cheswold Volunteer Fire Company, a professional auctioneer and was accomplished in mechanical clock repair.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years Caroline (Woodruff) Jones, a daughter Cheryl L. Jones of Dover, a son Franklin L. Jones II and his wife Tina of Middletown, DE, grandchildren, Sydney Renee Jones and Tyler Franklin Wayne Jones; a sister and brother-in-law Carolyn and Dennis Williams of Dover; sisters-in law and brothers-in-law Jo Ann and Wayne Kulhanek, Pamela S. and Thomas Stemphoski , Tamara L. and Ernesto Ballesteros, James I. and Debra Woodruff; 18 nieces and nephews and 10 great nieces and nephews.

Friends may call 6-8 pm Wednesday, March 17 at Pippin Funeral Home, 119 W. Camden-Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Service will be 1 pm Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, DE Chapter, Two Mill Road, Suite 106 Wilmington, DE 19806 or the American Diabetes Association 100 West 10th Street Suite 1002 Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

Letters of condolences can be sent to www.pippinfuneralhome.com

(03/14/10)