Lloyd “Too Tall” Jones

A celebration of life for Lloyd “Too Tall” Jones, 68, Escondido, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at American Legion Post 149 in Escondido. Burial at sea will be conducted by the U.S. Navy off San Diego County.Mr. Jones died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, at Palomar Heights Skilled Care Center in Escondido.He was born Nov. 22, 1939, in Alliance, Neb., the son of Wendell and Angela V. Bremer Willard. He graduated from Lawrence (Kan.) High School in 1957. In his retirement he received a master’s degree in computer science. He had lived in Escondido for 37 years.Mr. Jones served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years.Survivors include his mother, Angela Holiday, Lawrence, Kan.; two daughters, Chapelaine McComiskey, Temecula, and Kathy Wilcox, Fallbrook; and two grandsons, Adam Kristunas and Chas Jaehn.Allen Brothers Mortuary, San Marcos Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.