With broken hearts we announce the passing of our best friend, loving husband, father and grandpa, KC Jones, on August 12, 2025 after a hard fought 15-month battle with esophagus cancer.

KC was born on June 24, 1955 to Dick and Essie Jones. He was raised on a farm where he learned how to work hard.

Two days out of high school KC went to work at US Fuel Hiawatha. He learned so much from the old timers and he said it was always a competition to see who could mine the most coal. KC was the last worker at Hiawatha when it shut down. He worked there for 23 years. For the next six years he worked other jobs including Utah Railway, Muller Brass, Hosche Belt Cleaner Company, Genwall, and West Ridge. After making some good investments he was able to retire at the age of 54.

In 1981 KC met the love of his life Tiz. He would say that he instantly fell in love the minute he saw her. He would always tell Tiz, “When you know, you know. It was like getting hit on the head and instantly falling in love.” They were married May 7, 1983 and had two children together named Jenni and Brad.

KC started trapping in high school. He would often ride a horse to check his traps. He loved to fish and always caught more fish than anyone. He would also catch the biggest fish out of anybody until he taught Tiz how to fish. She once caught a 376-pound Halibut on one of the three Alaskan fishing trips that they went on. He was able to send fish to Jenni and share with his friends. He also was an avid hunter. He could hunt longer, hike further than anyone and always got the biggest deer. He won many big buck contests and was featured in Muley Crazy magazine for one of the bucks that he shot. Camping was another one of his passions and he loved taking Tiz and his beagles up on the mountain.

KC had a major green thumb. He always had an enormous garden with no weeds. Nothing went to waste. The extra vegetables and fruit would be fed to the cows. He would call the cows from the pasture yelling out “WOOCOW WOOCOW!’’ and they would come running from the fields to get the yummy treats. He loved his huge yard and made sure that it was weed free and looking perfect. He took great pride in making sure that everything looked beautiful.

KC was also an outstanding motorcycle rider. People would come to watch him ride and get to witness him jumping the hills. He was called an animal on a motorcycle. He could ride a wheelie for miles. He raced motorcycles for a few years, won a lot of races, got second place at the Widow Maker and helped build the first two motor cross tracks in Price. He did a desert race in 1972 where he ran out of gas and left his bike to walk back in. His new 360 mx was stolen. He had to pay for the stolen bike making $1.38 an hour working at Phillips 66. That was the last desert race he was in.

KC was a natural born athlete and was good at everything. He loved softball and played left field. He could throw a softball from the left field fence to home plate getting the runner out. He threw the ball so hard and accurately that it would absolutely amaze people. He could hit the ball exactly where it needed to go whether it be a base hit or a home run.

Some of the best times of KC’s life were coaching Brad and his friends’ little league team. All the kids and their parents loved KC. He was an amazing coach and went out of his way to help those kids become the best players that they could be. He truly cared for all the boys that he coached.

A new hobby that KC started was lapidary work where he would slab, cut, and polish rocks so that Tiz could wire wrap them. They would sell this jewelry and donate to art scholarships in memory of their son Brad. He could learn and do anything being as talented as he was. He also started flint napping where he would create beautiful obsidian knives and small arrowheads to be wrapped for necklaces.

KC is survived by his loving wife, Tiz, of 42 years; daughter, Jenni Welbourne (James); grandchildren, Paisley Marie Welbourne, Kyle Watts, Hayley Jones, and Alyssa Fleming; mother, Essie Jones; sister, Terri Bradley (Bryan); brother, Micheal Jones; and many nieces and nephews. He will be missed by many friends who became family along the way.

KC is preceded in death by his son, Brad Jones; and father, Dick Jones.

There will be a celebration of life for KC at Mitchell Funeral Home on Saturday, August 23, 2025. The family will be receiving friends at 10:00 a.m., service at 11:00 a.m. and a luncheon to follow the service.

Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home of Price and Huntington where friends are always welcome daily and may share memories of KC online at www.mitchellfuneralhome.net.